Stop Locking Kids Up With Adult Criminals
In Maryland, the majority of kids charged as adults are never
convicted in adult court or serve time in an adult prison, but they
spend a lot of time locked up with adults anyway, before trial. Kids
as young as 14 who are charged as adults will spend almost 5 months or more locked up in adult jail with adult offenders before the courts consider whether to send them to the juvenile justice system.
It's Wrong. It's Dangerous. It's Unacceptable.
All Marylanders should be held accountable for their actions, but
locking kids up for months in adult jails before they're even tried is
counter-productive and cruel.
Join Moving Maryland Forward Network Member "Just Kids" in getting children out of the adult criminal justice system. SIGN OUR PLEDGE. Put an end to the practice of placing youth in adult jails.
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