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"A Better Chance" justice reinvestment for youth and communities in NY but Gov. Paterson Vetoes Funds for Programs

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

"A Better Chance" NY Times EDITORIAL April 25, 2010 Gov. David Paterson's juvenile justice task force was on the mark when it advised him to stop sending low-risk young offenders to faraway lockups and place more of them in lower-cost community-based programs. These programs closely monitor and mentor troubled children with curfew checks, reviews of their school performance, and after-school activities. They have been shown to get low-risk young offenders back on track without institutionalizing them. Instead of taking that advice, the governor's budget virtually guts an already underfinanced effort intended to encourage localities to develop high-quality alternatives to detention programs. Senator Velmanette Montgomery, Democrat of Brooklyn, is trying to fix that...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on April 26, 2010 (boomark / email).