Presented by the University of Maryland Honors College Co-sponsored by the Office of Undergraduate Studies
The United States incarcerates the highest proportion of children and adolescents in the world. Crime rates among American youths are not significantly higher than anywhere else, yet our juvenile justice system is the largest and most expensive—and seems to reserve its harshest treatment for children and adolescents who are black and Latino. Our panel of activists, educators, justice officials, students, and formerly incarcerated individuals will examine how we got into this mess and what we can do to make juvenile justice in Prince George’s County, in the state of Maryland, and across the United States more cost-effective, more responsive, and more humane.
Date: November 21st, 2016
Time: 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Location: Grand Ballroom Lounge
Stamp Student Union, Room 1209
University of Maryland
Moderator:
Dr. Richard Bell, Department of History, UMD
Panelists:
Mr. Saleem El-Amin, Living Classrooms Foundation Project SERVE
Mr. Derris Moore, Living Classrooms Foundation Project SERVE
Ms. Rebecca Turner, Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth
Ms. Laura Miller, The Voice, UMD Student Organization
The Honorable Leo Edward Green, Jr., Prince George's County Circuit Court
Dr. Joseph Richardson, Department of African American Studies, UMD
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