Youth Justice


Partnership for Safety and Justice believes that public safety is best served when youth in trouble are held accountable and given the services they need to succeed in the juvenile justice system rather than the adult criminal justice system. Our Youth Justice Campaign works to combat the laws that automatically try, sentence and imprison youth in our adult system.

For the 2011 legislative session, we launched a new campaign, "Safer Kids, Safer Communities", to keep youth tried as adults out of adult jails.

PSJ also released a comprehensive study, "Misguided Measures: The Impact and Outcomes of Measure 11". "Misguided Measures" is the first study of the impact of Measure 11 on Oregon's youth and provides important information and analyses that will help PSJ, it's members and it's allies to work to reform laws that try youth as adults in Oregon.

 

Program Spotlight

PSJ is Hiring!
PSJ is recruiting for a new and exciting position! The Youth Justice Policy Associate is a two-year grant-funded position designed to build the power of PSJ’s youth justice advocacy work and to increase the number of young people, particularly young people of color, who are active with PSJ.
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PSJ Shifts Strategic Direction
PSJ is shifting our strategic direction for the next couple of years to focus on opportunities to realize significant sentencing reform -- possible in ways not seen since the inception of the organization in 1999.
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Oregon Commission on Public Safety Issues Report
The Oregon Commission on Public Safety sent a report of its findings to the governor last week, saying that ballot measures instead of business principles have dominated prison sentencing in Oregon and that needs to change.
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PSJ Receives National Recognition
Partnership for Safety and Justice has received national recognition as a top nonprofit by Philanthropedia, a subsidiary of GuideStar. We were selected as one of 21 nonprofits in the country who is making the biggest positive impact in criminal justice reform at the local and state levels.
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Keep Youth Out of Adult Jails…and Prisons
Take Action! PSJ worked hard to keep youth out of adult jails during the last legislative session. In the process, we learned that 16 and 17 year old youth convicted as adults spend time at Coffee Creek, an adult prison, on their way to an OYA facility. This makes no sense! We need your stories.
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