Who: You
What: Full Committee Briefing – Youth Detention Facility in Baltimore
When: January 24, 2012 10:30am
Where: Community Law In Action 520 West Fayette Street 140 Baltimore MD, 21201
Everyone Participating must meet at CLIA’s OFFICE
RSVP: Rashad@cliayouth.org or call 410-706-3940
On November 20th at 10 pm EST, MSNBC will premiere “Young Kids, Hard Time,” a one-hour documentary that throws back the veil on the reality of young kids serving long sentences in adult prisons.
“Young Kids, Hard Time” reveals what life is like for young kids staring down decades behind bars. Calamari Productions was granted sweeping access inside the maxiumum security Wabash Valley Correctinal Facility in Carlisle, Indiana – the only adult prison in the state of Indiana that houses kids sentenced as adults. The film delves into the everyday struggles encountered by these 53 kids on the Youth Incarcerated As Adults cellblock (YIA).
Click here to watch a five-minute clip of Act One of the documentary
Thanks to everyone who came to support the Recharge Schools Rethink the Youth Jail Rally!! We need to continue to put pressure on the Governor and the Legislator to stop the construction of the youth jail! Please go to the Speak Out tab to email the Governor. Please check out the sun article and the pictures!
Join over 30 orgaizations to march for youth opportunities, not jails
Meet at 5:00 at The Baltimore City Detention Center Located at 401 E. Eager Street
On August 25, 2011, an action plan signed by 28 community groups that oppose the state’s plan to construct a new $100 million “youth jail” in Baltimore City was released. The action plan provides Governor O’Malley and the Maryland General Assembly a detailed how-to-guide that, if adopted, would immediately eliminate the need for the “youth jail.” Maryland leaders can then spend the $100 million dollars on capital projects that provide youth
positive opportunities. The Alternative_Action_Plan The Alternative_Action_Plan_Press_Release
In May, the National Council on Crime and Delinquency released a report showing that there is no need for the State of Maryland to spend over $100 million to build a 180-bed youth jail in Baltimore City for young people who are charged as adults. The Council found that youth arrests in Baltimore have declined since 2003 and will most likely continue to fall in the foreseeable future. It also confirmed what local researchers and advocates already determined – that over two-thirds of the youth who are charged as adults are released on bail, have their cases dismissed or are sent to the juvenile justice system. On any given day, there are and will continue to be about 102 youth charged as adults and held at the Baltimore City Detention Center, an adult jail. According to the Council report, if most youth cases begin where they ultimately end up – the juvenile justice system – then only 44-48 youth would be held at the Baltimore City jail. The Governor should not invest millions of dollars in a jail that will be over half empty. To read the full report or read the alliance statement Statement_of_the_Alliance_in_response_to_NCCD_report_-_FINAL_5_12_11[1]
The Governor’s Office has agreed to suspend awarding construction contracts for the new youth jail until a new population projection for youth charges as adults in Baltimore City has been completed and reviewed. The complete letter from Ted Dallas, Deputy Chief of Staff, Maryland Office of the Governor can be found here: Ted Dallas Letter
