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Stand Up Against Hate! #NJCivilRights Student Competition: Youth Bias Task Force Calls for Sweeping Changes to Fight Systemic Racism and Discrimination, As New Report Shows Spike in Bias Incidents in 2019
The pandemic and racial unrest are social justice issues that continue to ignite hatred, discrimination and bias. Together we can stand up against hate and the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights wants our youth to have a voice and strive to be catalysts for change! New Jersey’s Interagency Task Force to Combat Youth Bias recently released a report that recommended, among other things, that the State launch “a public campaign to take a strong stance that hate has no place in New Jersey” by...
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Avoid putting young offenders in detention, AG tells police in NJ
Starting next month, New Jersey police and prosecutors should consider using any of a number of methods to avoid placing a juvenile offender in detention under a directive issued Thursday by the state attorney general. The goal of the new order from Gurbir Grewal , which takes effect Jan. 11, is to minimize the number of youth behind bars, a longtime goal of youth and social justice advocates. New Jersey’s adoption of the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI) in 2004 led to an...