Children Quote by Valerie Jarrett

I think it's important for us as a society to remember that the youth within juvenile justice systems are, most of the time, youths…

— Q'orianka Kilcher

“the fundamental question Juvenile Court was designed to ask - What's the best way to deal with this individual kid? - is often lost…

— Edward Humes

Despite the fact that in America we incarcerate more juveniles for life terms than in any other country in the world, the truth is…

— Ayelet Waldman

We hear people all the time talk about how juvenile facilities are way worse than adult facilities when it comes to helping them to…

— Simone Missick

For children, the era of mass incarceration has meant a tremendous amount of family separation, broken homes, poverty, and a far, far greater level…

— Michelle Alexander

Prison is an important part of life. We can't have violent people running around in the streets. (3 out of 4 federal prisoners are…

— Howard Dean

Just in general, when we look at our school system, there is so much overlap with our criminal justice system in terms of our…

— Dana Goldstein

If we can make sure that that young boys starting at the age of three or four already knows their colors and their letters…

— Barack Obama

Many offenders are tracked for prison at early ages, labeled as criminals in their teen years, and then shuttled from their decrepit, underfunded inner…

— Michelle Alexander

How do we redefine education so that 30-50 percent of inner-city children do not drop out of school, thus ensuring that millions will end…

— Grace Lee Boggs

Why should there be a different set of laws for criminals who are juveniles? As far as I am concerned there should be no…

— Suresh Gopi

So if you want a really effective criminal justice strategy, you don't build bigger prisons, you invest money in young kids - and you…

— Keir Starmer