OP-ED: Our Words Break Down ‘Stern Disinterest’ of Incarcerated Youth [JJIE.org]

Samantha Sangenito 9/22/1412:00 PM

This summer I had the chance to visit Rikers Island in New York along with 15 other members of the Anti-Recidivism Coalition (ARC).

The trip was fortunate because a divine intervention occurred. What was supposed to have been just a tour quickly became our group being able to speak to all the incarcerated youth.

New York and North Carolina are the only two remaining states where all defendants 16 and older are automatically treated as adults in the criminal justice system. In other states, adult prosecution for youths 16 and up must be ordered by a judge.

An August report from the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York described a “deep-seated culture of violence”against adolescent inmates at Rikers Island.

[For more of this story, written by Alton Pitre, go to http://jjie.org/op-ed-our-word...erated-youth/107639/]

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