The Gault Center
@GaultCenter
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The Gault Center (formerly NJDC) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting justice for all children by ensuring excellence in youth defense.
Washington, DC
Joined June 2012
“Oftentimes what pulls kids and families into these systems is unmet needs. It makes more sense for kids to have their health care tied to a health care system, not a carceral system.”
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RT @JusticeFwdVa: BREAKING: HB2222 Prohibiting youth shackling UNANIMOUSLY passed @VaHouse!!! “It’s astonishing in the amount of trauma it…
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“There’s absolutely no evidence that is going to be helpful in reducing the level of threats.”
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"When we stopped locking young people up for drug crimes, the sky didn’t fall; instead, crime kept declining. 'We could make that same choice about guns. We could make that same choice about stolen cars and assaults.'”
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RT @rpogge: What a positive step for the children of Virginia. Thanks to @Rae_Cousins23 and @SenBagby for patroning bills to end the indisc…
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"King’s dream was not an empty promise or shallow vision of racial reconciliation. His dream was a demand—for justice and the dismantling of systems built on violence and exploitation."
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"If prison was designed to punish an adult, it is clearly torture for a kid."
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"More families are willing to work with the department now that money isn’t a factor We’re able to just provide services without parents weighing the cost. They’re not worried that they’re going to have to pay for their child’s attorney.”
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"If you really care about our safety, you would do things like make more affordable housing, bring back school routes, and make it easier for kids to earn money. Please just give us more opportunities to do good in life and just be kids."
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RT @RaiseTheAgeNY: Two recent articles in The New York Times mischaracterize Raise the Age and require immediate correction from the statew…
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“The whole point is, these are kids. They’re supposed to make mistakes. And if you don’t have a judge or a district attorney who take that into account, these kids’ lives are basically over.”
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“I didn’t really understand what was really going on. He told me, ‘You’re getting bound over to the adult court system.' He didn’t break down all the motions I had to go through. He didn’t tell me none of that.”
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"It would be positively medieval to treat a criminally charged child the same as an adult."
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“The vision is to really leverage neuroscience in the pursuit of a more fair justice system instead of continuing to label kids as somehow dangerous.”
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RT @NathanTriplett: The @MIStateBar, @GaultCenter, @miyouthjustice, and @ACLUofMichigan released a joint statement regarding the #MILeg fai…
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“It’s a manifestation of widespread implicit racial bias that plagues not just the American public but decision-makers and the legal system as well.”
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RT @UTAHIDC: The @GaultCenter just published an assessment of Utah's Youth Defense system. It recognizes the progress Utah has made in rece…
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