Congressional panel debates federal role in preventing youth incarceration
September 8, 2022
Members of a U.S. House Education and Labor Committee panel on Thursday questioned experts and leaders of youth rehabilitation programs about how the federal government could invest in programs to prevent kids from becoming incarcerated.
"Although the juvenile justice system is intended to rehabilitate — not punish — young offenders, data shows that the more a young person interacts with the juvenile justice system, the more likely they are to reenter the system and struggle throughout life," the panel's chair, Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, said in her opening statement.
Issues:Civil Rights