Making good trouble with good comrades at the #CareNotCages rally! #Maryland youth are telling us what they need: #TreatKidsLikeKids , ⬆️ investments in the #YesAct , and fully implement the #MDBlueprint .
Gov. Wes Moore, it’s time to choose #factsoverfear & Veto HB814.
Despite the tone of this article making these decisions seem scandalous, I could not agree more with these changes. All the science on brain development and research of the harmful effects of traditional court models backs up the Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty approach. #treatkidslikekids
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that sentencing children to life without the possibility of parole is unconstitutional in all but the rarest of cases. But district attorneys in Louisiana continue to seek this sentence at an alarming rate.
Louisiana must #TreatKidsLikeKids
March is Social Work Month, & we'd like to say thank you to all of our social workers who make a major difference in the lives of our kids. The work you do for our clients & the community is immeasurable, but the impact is undeniable! Thank you for working to #TreatKidsLikeKids !
“Instead of rehabilitating them, we’re messing more with their mental state,” the parent says.
Read this story. And ask yourself why the heck are people calling for more Black kids to be traumatized & harmed. #CareNotCages #TreatKidsLikeKids
Keeping kids in the community with proper support & resources and out of the carceral system - is in the best interest of young people, their families, and the overall community.
And the data & research continues to back that up. #CareNotCages #TreatKidsLikeKids
As we prepare for February's special legislative session on crime, we think it's important to remind our policymakers that children don't need 'tough on crime' policies or punishment. Kids need the opportunity to learn & grow from their mistakes. #TreatKidsLikeKids .
Shocking absolutely no one who works with young people, young people who carry firearms do so because they are scared. Not because they are the evil violent people that some people try to make them seem like. #KeepDCAlive #CareNotCages #TreatKidsLikeKids
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To continue to lock up children is a choice. We know more effective measures exist, and the data shows us it's BEST to #TreatKidsLikeKids .
The Sentencing Project explores these alternatives to incarceration in their report. Check it out!
The impact of punishment on our children is clear. Not only does incarceration jeopardize a child’s physical and mental health, but it also increases the odds that they will offend in the future. #TreatKidsLikeKids .
Hilary Cairns is not mincing words, and I am 100% here for it. #CareNotCages #HelpNotHarm #TreatKidsLikeKids
Happy Martin Luther King Jr Day!
We strive every day to be loud about the fact that children, especially Louisiana's children, matter. #treatkidslikekids
Holy Hell. I knew it was bad. But this is absolutely HORIFFIC.
All these emergency hearings to try to lock kids up, but not a damn one about the child poverty rate DOUBLING.
#CareNotCages #TreatKidsLikeKids
Tell the Gov. John Bel Edwards to VETO SB 159, HB 160, and HB 84 ❌
Call his office at 225-342-0991 or email him at bit.ly/emailJBE and tell him to #TreatKidsLikeKids 📲 📩
Love it!
Wish local media (esp FOX 5 DC) spent more time highlighting stories like this one! Let's celebrate young people, instead of criminalizing them. #ChangeTheNarrative #TreatKidsLikeKids
The rate of children arrested for crimes has been on a national decline since the mid-2000s. Overall, the youth proportion of violent crime arrests fell from 14% in 2010 to 7% in 2020.
#TreatKidsLikeKids
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 . Like usual Janeese Lewis George gets it 💯 percent right. This legislation better get passed unanimously. #KeepDCAlive #CareNotCages #TreatKidsLikeKids
Historically, youth arrest rates for violent crimes are dropping. #TreatKidsLikeKids
We know that incarceration doesn't work, and this is why we're calling for #NoKidsInAngola : courthousenews.com/calls-grow-for…
wrong direction TX John Whitmire!! TX literally sends more kids to the adult system than anywhere else. #treatkidslikekids OJJDP Liz Ryan. “Texas will try new facilities, more transfers to address youth prison crisis” | The Tx Tribune texastribune.org/2023/06/02/tex…