“The face of America is changing. The number of Latino youth in this country has almost doubled in the last decade, and on any given day close to 18,000 Latino youth are incarcerated in America.” Thus begins the foreword for a recent publication by the Campaign for Youth Justice titled “America’s Invisible Children: Latino youth and the Failure of Justice”. Citing the often-grim statistics about how Latino youth are overrepresented in the system but sometimes lost in discussion about race in a black-white paradigm, the publication provides a picture of work yet to be done. Of particular concern is the high percentage of these youth who are held in adult facilties, ill-equipped to meet the needs of the youth let alone meet them in a culturally competent manner. Check out this report for policy recommendations on how to improve the system’s response in working with Latino youth.
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