Listen. Learn. Lead.

Juvenile justice reform must be informed by the experiences of system-involved youth. The Justice Advisors sought this lived expertise through small group discussions called Vision Sessions.

Our conversations with youth experts revealed 7 key themes that should be front-and-center in crafting effective system reform:

1. Economic insecurity

2. Housing insecurity

3. Trauma caused within communities

4. Lack of trust in a system that displays abuses of authority

5. A need for more positive influences & credible messengers

6. Lack of hope

7. A need for equal opportunities