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John,
After decades of neglect, the youth justice field is awakening to the importance of diversion in lieu of arrest and formal court processing for most youth accused of delinquent behavior. The Sentencing Project's recent report, “ Protect and Redirect: America’s Growing Movement to Divert Youth Out of the Justice System [[link removed]] ,” describes innovative reforms implemented in 23 states and eight localities across the country to expand and improve the use of diversion as an alternative to arrest or formal prosecution in juvenile court.
Please join us for a webinar highlighting the importance of diversion as well as strategies for states and localities to expand diversion opportunities and reduce disparities at this critical stage of the juvenile court process.
Panelists :
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Richard
Mendel
,
Senior
Research
Fellow
at
The
Sentencing
Project,
who
authored
the
recent
report.
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Jessica
Ellis
,
Executive
Director
at
Centinela
Youth
Services,
a
leading
provider
of
diversion
programming
for
youth
in
Los
Angeles.
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Jason
Smith
,
Executive
Director,
Michigan
Center
for
Youth
Justice.
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“Jay,”
a
recent
participant
in
Healing
Futures,
a
restorative
justice
diversion
program
operated
by
the
Youth
&
Self-Empowerment
Project
in
Philadelphia.
Moderator: Josh Rovner, Director of Youth Justice at The Sentencing Project
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Director of Youth Justice
Email: [email protected]
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