Reports

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Trauma Among Youth in the Juvenile Justice System - Critical Issues and New Directions (From the National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice - June 2007)

http://www.ncmhjj.com/pdfs/Trauma_and_Youth.pdf "This study recommends that there should be increased emphasis within the juvenile justice system on trauma treatment, outcomes and outcomes."

**Confronting Confinement (From the Commission on Safety and Abuse in America's Prisons - June 2006)

http://www.prisoncommission.org/report.asp

Diverse Commission Reaches Consensus “A year ago, a group of individuals with little in common promised to recommend strategies for operating correctional facilities that serve our country's best interests and reflect our highest values. Today, we speak in a single voice about the problems, our nation's ability to overcome them, and the risks for all of us if we fail to act. . . . What happens inside jails and prisons does not stay inside jails and prisons. We must create safe and productive conditions of confinement not only because it is the right thing to do, but because it influences the safety, health, and prosperity of us all."
—from Confronting Confinement

In Support of Confronting Confinement “For the vast majority of inmates prison is a temporary, not a final, destination. The experiences inmates have in prison — whether violent or redemptive — do not stay within prison walls, but spill over into the rest of society. Federal, state, and local governments must address the problems faced by their respective institutions and develop tangible and attainable solutions.”
—Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK), Chair, Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Corrections and Rehabilitation