#YouthOffender

Alabama lawmaker prefiles bill to limit grants of youthful offender status An Alabama legislator has prefiled bills that would restrict the ability of judges to grant youthful offender status to minors charged with murder. HB 11, sponsored by Rep. Phillip Pettus, R-Killeen, prohibits a court from granting youthful offender status to a defendant who is 16 years old or older if the person is charged with […]

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Pepper spray to be used in youth custody after surge in assaults Youth offender institutions, whose inmates are as young as 14, are the most violent part of the prison system

“In adult prisons, Pava spray is deployed disproportionately — particularly against Black and Muslim men.” —Meka Beresford, ARE Head of Policy

Due to a surge in violence in #YouthOffender Institutions, the gov’t will now trial PAVA spray on children as young as 14.