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Articles tagged with: youthful inmate standard

Help Us Tweet- Over 1000 Youth in Prison Today: 1 More Day Until PREA Certification

Wednesday, 14 May 2014 Posted in 2014, Take Action Now

How will your state address rape and abuse of youth in its adult jails and prisons? Help us find out by signing this petition calling on Governors to comply with the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA)Youthful Inmate Standard. Tweet out to your Governors TODAY! 

Two Days Until PREA Compliance Certification: The Youthful Inmate Standard Matters

Tuesday, 13 May 2014 Posted in 2014, Take Action Now

Prisons and jails across the United States house youth under 18 with adults every single day. The most recent data from the Department of Justice, Bureau of Statistics reports that nearly 4500 youth are held in jails and nearly 2000 in prisons on any given day. According to the new data, Florida houses over 200 youth each day in adult prison, Louisiana and New York, 178 and 182 respectively, Connecticut 143, North Carolina 115, and Michigan and Texas, 106 and 104. Georgia houses nearly 100.