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Dismantling Rochester’s Cradle to Prison Pipeline

Dismantling Rochester’s Cradle to Prison Pipeline. Raise the Age – New York. Who is an Adult in NY?. New York is the only state other than North Carolina that prosecutes ALL youth as adults when they turn 16. Most states prosecute youth as adults at age 18.

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Dismantling Rochester’s Cradle to Prison Pipeline

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  1. Dismantling Rochester’s Cradle to Prison Pipeline

    Raise the Age – New York
  2. Who is an Adult in NY? New York is the only state other than North Carolina that prosecutes ALL youth as adults when they turn 16. Most states prosecute youth as adults at age 18. New York prosecutes 13-15 year olds as adults for certain crimes. Children as young as 7 can be charged with crimes.
  3. Who is an Adult in NY? For all age groups, Monroe County has the highest incarceration rate of any county in New York State. 16 and 17 year olds in Monroe County are also incarcerated at rates higher than most counties in NYS. Of 16 and 17 year olds arrested in 2010, Monroe County was tied for 12th highest percentage of youth confined to adult jails and tied for 9th highest percentage of youth incarcerated in an adult prison out of 62 counties. Community Summit on Race, Race and Criminal/Juvenile Justice Team, Facing Race Embracing Equity: Rochester’s racial equity initiative (May 30, 2013) Criminal Justice Case Processing of 16-17 Year Olds (January 4, 2013).Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) OJRP
  4. How are Teens Different? Teens (left) rely more on the amygdala, while adults (right) rely more on the frontal cortex. 1. Issue Brief #3: Less Guilty by Reason of Adolescence , MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Adolescent Development and Juvenile Justice. Retrieved from: http://www.adjj.org/downloads/6093issue_brief_3.pdf. 2. What Makes Delinquent Youths ‘Go Right’? Juvenile Justice: New Models for Reform (2005). John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, 16. Retrieved from:http://www.macfound.org/press/publications/juvenile-justice-new-models-for-reform/. 3. Deborah Yurgelon-Todd, 2000
  5. Who is arrested and charged as an adult in NY? 1. Criminal Justice Case Processing of 16-17 Year Olds (January 4, 2013).Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) OJRP 2. Juvenile Justice Annual Update for 2011 (May 15, 2012).New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) Office of Justice Research and Performance
  6. Disproportionality in Arrests and Incarceration Rates 32% of NY state’s total population is Black or Latino. 70% of youth arrested in NYS in 2010 were Black or Latino. 80% of youth sentenced to incarceration in 2010 were Black or Latino. 1. U.S. Census Bureau (2010). Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristic of New York. Retrieved from:: http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_DP_DPDP1 2. Criminal Justice Case Processing of 16-17 Year Olds (January 4, 2013).Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) OJRP
  7. How many NY youth are in adult jails and prisons? 1. Local Correctional Facilities in New York State-2009 County Admissions by Age When Admitted via Advancing a fair and just age of criminal responsibility for youth in New York State (January 2011). NYS Commission of Correction. Prepared by the Governor’s Children’s Cabinet Advisory Board 2. Under Custody Report: Profile of Inmate Population Under Custody on 1/1/2010 via Advancing a fair and just age of criminal responsibility for youth in New York State (January 2011). NYS Department of Correction Services. Prepared by the Governor’s Children’s Cabinet Advisory Board.
  8. Public Safety Nationally, youth transferred to the adult system are 33.7% more likely to be re-arrested for a violent crime than youth kept in the juvenile system. National 70% of 16- and 17-year olds arrested in NY state in 2006 and sentenced to jail were reconvicted within 5 years. New York State 1. The Fourth Wave: Juvenile Justice Reforms for the Twenty-First Century. National Campaign to Reform State Juvenile Justice Systems, 20. Retrieved from: http://www.publicinterestprojects.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/JJ-Whitepaper-Design-Full-Final.pdf. 2. Criminal Justice Case Processing of 16-17 Year Olds (January 4, 2013).Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) OJRP 3. Community Summit on Race, Race and Criminal/Juvenile Justice Team, Facing Race Embracing Equity: Rochester’s racial equity initiative (May 30, 2013)
  9. Public Safety A study compared NY youth in the adult system to NJ youth who are charged in the juvenile system. The youth in NY’s adult system were 85% more likely to be re-arrested for a violent crime and 44% more likely to be re-arrested for a felony property crime. 1. Raising the Juvenile Justice Jurisdictional Age: Treating Kids as Kids in New York State’s Justice System (March 2012). The Schyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy. Retrieved from: http://www.scaany.org/documents/scaabrief_raisetheage_march2012_000.pdf
  10. Why should we treat youth as youth and not adults? Keep Youth Out of Adult Prisons. National Juvenile Justice Network. Retrieved from: http://www.njjn.org/about-us/keep-youth-out-of-adult-prisons.
  11. Consequences of criminal record How exactlyare we helping? Can’t live in public housing Can’t get financial aid Can’t get job
  12. The Financial Cost of Change Benefit Henrichson, C. and Levshin, V (2011). Cost-Benefit Analysis of Raising the Age of Juvenile Jurisdiction in North Carolina. Vera Institute of Justice. Juvenile Justice Reform in Connecticut: How Collaboration and Commitment Have Improved Public Safety and Outcomes for Youth. Justice Policy Institute.
  13. Sources Community Summit on Race, Race and Criminal/Juvenile Justice Team, Facing Race Embracing Equity: Rochester’s racial equity initiative (May 30, 2013) Criminal Justice Case Processing of 16-17 Year Olds (January 4, 2013).Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) OJRP Henrichson, C. and Levshin, V (2011). Cost-Benefit Analysis of Raising the Age of Juvenile Jurisdiction in North Carolina. Vera Institute of Justice. Issue Brief #3: Less Guilty by Reason of Adolescence, MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Adolescent Development and Juvenile Justice. Retrieved from: http://www.adjj.org/downloads/6093issue_brief_3.pdf. Juvenile Justice Annual Update for 2011 (May 15, 2012).New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) Office of Justice Research and Performance Juvenile Justice Reform in Connecticut: How Collaboration and Commitment Have Improved Public Safety and Outcomes for Youth. Justice Policy Institute. Keep Youth Out of Adult Prisons. National Juvenile Justice Network. Retrieved from: http://www.njjn.org/about-us/keep-youth-out-of-adult-prisons. Local Correctional Facilities in New York State-2009 County Admissions by Age When Admitted via Advancing a fair and just age of criminal responsibility for youth in New York State (January 2011). NYS Commission of Correction. Prepared by the Governor’s Children’s Cabinet Advisory Board Raising the Juvenile Justice Jurisdictional Age: Treating Kids as Kids in New York State’s Justice System (March 2012). The Schyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy. Retrieved from: http://www.scaany.org/documents/scaabrief_raisetheage_march2012_000.pdf State Trends: Legislative Victories from 2005 to 2010 Removing Youth from the Adult Criminal Justice Syst. Campaign for Youth Justice. The Fourth Wave: Juvenile Justice Reforms for the Twenty-First Century. National Campaign to Reform State Juvenile Justice Systems, 20. Retrieved from: http://www.publicinterestprojects.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/JJ-Whitepaper-Design-Full-Final.pdf. U.S. Census Bureau (2010). Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristic of New York. Retrieved from:: http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_DP_DPDP1 Under Custody Report: Profile of Inmate Population Under Custody on 1/1/2010 via Advancing a fair and just age of criminal responsibility for youth in New York State (January 2011). NYS Department of Correction Services. Prepared by the Governor’s Children’s Cabinet Advisory Board. What Makes Delinquent Youths ‘Go Right’? Juvenile Justice: New Models for Reform (2005). John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, 16. Retrieved from:http://www.macfound.org/press/publications/juvenile-justice-new-models-for-reform/.
  14. Get Involved Right Now Complete a form indicating the ways in which you would like to support Raise The Age NY! Tweet “I support #RaiseTheAgeNY” Together we WILL dismantle the cradle to prison pipeline! For more information, contact Beth Powers: epowers@cdfny.org or 212-697-2323
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