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| Holistic reform takes root in Mississippi |
| By chicagoreporter.com - Safiya Merchant |
| Published: 11/02/2012 |
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For a few years now, Mississippi’s juvenile justice system and the U.S. Department of Justice have been close acquaintances for all the wrong reasons. One of the first encounters came in 2002, when the justice department looked into two of the state’s facilities for holding juvenile offenders—the Columbia Training School and the Oakley Training School—and discovered harmful conditions, such as sanitation issues and a lack of resources for mental health. In the end, the state went on to close Columbia and submit to federal inspections at Oakley. Mississippi didn’t stop there. The state took the investigation as an impetus to take a holistic approach to reforming the rest of its juvenile justice system. One key ingredient in this effort is an amendment to a state law that gives 17-year-olds charged with felonies a second chance at rehabilitating their lives. Read More. |
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