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Jena 6 case highlights injustice: Louisiana investigation found a juvenile justice system in trouble.

Publication: National Catholic Reporter
Publication Date: 05-OCT-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Jena 6 case highlights injustice: Louisiana investigation found a juvenile justice system in trouble.(VIEWPOINT)

Article Excerpt
Four years before an indifferent, drowsy press and public finally fumed at the news that a prosecutor and judge tossed the book at six black teens in a small Louisiana town for beating up a white teen following a racially charged incident, a Louisiana legislative investigating team sternly warned that the state's juvenile justice system was horribly mangled.

It found that the state couldn't lock up juveniles fast enough for mostly nonviolent crimes. The team noted that the sentences slapped on juveniles were wildly out of proportion to their crimes, and that the kids had almost no access to counseling, job and skills training, and family support programs that could ensure they didn't wind up back in the slammer.

Though alternative sentencing programs are far more cost-effective than jailing, such...

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