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Task force: Replace two youth prisons with smaller ones
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One activist questions whether that would address 'fundamental flaws of the system'
A long-awaited Youth Justice Task Force report is sparking a critical debate -- whether New Jersey should be in the business of incarcerating minors. The task force supports closing two of the state’s three large youth prisons while opening three smaller facilities in their place. And that’s not the kind of reform some activists are looking for.
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Task force: Replace two youth prisons with smaller ones
Clip: 5/19/2022 | 3m 48sVideo has Closed Captions
A long-awaited Youth Justice Task Force report is sparking a critical debate -- whether New Jersey should be in the business of incarcerating minors. The task force supports closing two of the state’s three large youth prisons while opening three smaller facilities in their place. And that’s not the kind of reform some activists are looking for.
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