Whaddup bloggheads!
Just when I thought I was a lone-ranger in this fiery passion for a topic more substantial than food or teen-trends, I FOUND MY SOCIAL BOOKMARKING SOULMATE.
His name is ac524, he’s tall dark and handsome, with a tag-cloud that makes me melt…*nostalgic sigh*…
But honestly, all jokes aside, this guy (or girl) has hundreds of tags related to juvenile justice, youth, violence, prisons, and New York. If you have a delicious account, look this user up and read some of the articles tagged…definitely a good resource if you are looking for a wide-range of current events within juvenile justice but do not feel like going through google and filtering through millions of links.
Ac524’s juvenile justice focus emphasizes the actions of the government and policy makers more-so than those actually imprisoned (to be fair, not much material is released from or about the individuals, its more often than not about system-wide change). Though the pursuit of true justice for minority youth populations often clashes with the governments ideas of justice, it is crucial to get this perspective in order to understand the systematic oppression each individual youngster faces.
Track the budget cuts, spending reports, hiring trends, and judicial policies. Fuse that knowledge with the personal testimonies of previously incarcerated juveniles, the grieving parents, and the videos of harsh conditions. That is how we come to understand the whole picture. That is when we can back up our empathetic feelings with fact. And that is when we can begin to act on what we want to see changed.
Ac524, I thank you for opening me up to a set of so many important resources.
Forever yours,
JudgeJuvi.
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