NJJDPC RELEASES RECOMMENDATIONS TO 117th CONGRESS

YOUTH JUSTICE IN 2021

Priorities for the Biden/Harris Administration

In alignment with the priorities of the Biden/Harris campaign on Juvenile Justice, COVID-19 and racial equity, the following recommendations will advance a robust juvenile justice platform in the first 100 days of the new administration:

1. Coordinating OJJDP guidance with the President-elect’s task force on COVID 19 and rescinding OJJDP current guidance on COVID-19 that does not follow CDC recommendations;

2. Supporting a full and robust implementation of the recently-reauthorized Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention Act, which is the primary federal law on youth justice in our country;

3. Reducing youth incarceration by investing $100 million to close youth prisons; and

4. Reinstate and update key guidance that protects youth by eliminating fines and fees on youth, that guides states on ways to reduce racial and ethnic disparities and that protects LGBTQ/GNC youth and other vulnerable youth populations.

To read more about these policy recommendations, please go here.