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MCYJ Executive Director Jason Smith talks about residential reform, the need for better data collection, and community based care and the use of confinement.
September 2022
MCYJ Former Policy Associate Gabrielle Dresner talks to WWJ's Roberta Jassina about the New 'Raise the Age' law in Michigan which prevents youth from being charged as adults until 18.
WDET
MCYJ Executive Director Jason Smith talks about how data proved fees were hurting families in the Macomb County Circuit Courts rather than helping them.
Online Publications
Bridge Michigan
Opinion | Michigan has a detention crisis. We must do better for our kids
September 2022
Michigan Radio
Advocates: Wayne County Juvenile Detention Center crisis demands alternatives to incarceration
September 2022
MLIVE
July 2022
Public Policy Associates Incorporated
Policies to Keep Justice-Involved Youth Safe During COVID-19:
Findings Presented at National Conference
May 2022
WDET 101.9 FM
Leaders in Kalamazoo work toward solutions to address systematic
racism in the youth justice system
April 2022
MLIVE
Kalamazoo Community Foundation funds effort to create anti-
racist juvenile justice system
March 2022
Detroit News
Prosecuting kids as adults does harm
January 2022
FOX 47
Mid-Michigan counties adjust to Raise the Age legislation
Spartan News Room
17-year-olds to be treated as teenagers, not adults by courts
State of Michigan
Governor Whitmer Proposes $30 Million Investment to Fund Violence
Prevention and Reduction Initiatives
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