From our newsletter:
Boston Globe supports raising the age: The Boston Globe ran the following editorial on Sunday:
Keep 17-year-olds out of adult prisons APRIL 14, 2013 | Under Massachusetts law, 17-year-olds are treated as adults in the criminal justice system. A sensible effort is underway in the Legislature to raise that age of juvenile jurisdiction to 18.
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CfJJ Fact Sheets
Justice for Kids - Raising the age of juvenile jurisdiction in Mass.:
Rights of Parents of 17-Year-Olds
Kids in the Adult System: Unhealthy Outcomes
Raising the Age and Public Safety
Massachusetts risks non-compliance with Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA)
Comparison of Juvenile Justice and Adult Criminal Justice Systems in Massachusetts
Other CfJJ Fact Sheets:
CfJJ in 2012
December 2012
CfJJ in 2011
December 2011
CfJJ Legislative
Alert: JJDPA Reauthorization
May 2011
CfJJ Legislative Alert: Romeo and Juliet Exception
March 2011
Just Facts
Fact Sheet
March 2011
Juvenile Life
Without Parole: CfJJ Fact Sheet
March 2011
DYS Budget:
CfJJ Fact Sheet
March 2011
CfJJ in 2010
December 2010
CfJJ in 2009
December 2009
Detention Fact
Sheet
November 2006
DMC Fact Sheet
November
2005
Racial
Disparities in the Massachusetts Juvenile Justice System
November 2005