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Caging Children

By Steve Hall

That's the title of Richard Whittaker's Austin Chronicle article on the recent LBJ School of Public Affairs report principally authored by Michele Deitch.  LINK Michele Deitch, author of the new report shaking up assumptions about child incarceration Photo by Jana Birchum Children under the age of 18 can't vote, serve as jurors, or join Blockbuster, but in the U.S. ? the only developed nation with such a policy ? they can be tried in adult courts and imprisoned in facilities designed for adults. A groundbreaking study from the University of Texas' LBJ School of Public Affairs could kick-start a national discussion about the foolishness of that policy. The report, "From Time Out to Hard Time: Young Children in the Adult Criminal Justice System," was compiled by Michele Deitch, an adjunct professor at the LBJ School, and her students...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on August 27, 2009 (boomark / email).