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    The "Comprehensive Youth Justice Amendment Act of 2016" makes sweeping reforms to the juvenile justice system in Washington D.C. It aims to prevent children from entering the criminal justice system, reduce overincarceration, and provide more age-appropriate sentencing. Specifically, it ensures juveniles are not unnecessarily detained, seals juvenile records, expands alternative programs, protects young children from custody, prohibits detention of status offenders, ends commitments at age 18, bans juvenile life without parole, eliminates mandatory minimums, and provides opportunity for release after 25 years for juveniles charged as adults. It also improves conditions of confinement by transferring juveniles to juvenile facilities, banning solitary confinement, and engaging parents of detained juveniles.

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    The "Comprehensive Youth Justice Amendment Act of 2016" makes sweeping reforms to the juvenile justice system in Washington D.C. It aims to prevent children from entering the criminal justice system, reduce overincarceration, and provide more age-appropriate sentencing. Specifically, it ensures juveniles are not unnecessarily detained, seals juvenile records, expands alternative programs, protects young children from custody, prohibits detention of status offenders, ends commitments at age 18, bans juvenile life without parole, eliminates mandatory minimums, and provides opportunity for release after 25 years for juveniles charged as adults. It also improves conditions of confinement by transferring juveniles to juvenile facilities, banning solitary confinement, and engaging parents of detained juveniles.

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    The "Comprehensive Youth Justice Amendment Act of 2016" makes sweeping reforms to the juvenile justice system in Washington D.C. It aims to prevent children from entering the criminal justice system, reduce overincarceration, and provide more age-appropriate sentencing. Specifically, it ensures juveniles are not unnecessarily detained, seals juvenile records, expands alternative programs, protects young children from custody, prohibits detention of status offenders, ends commitments at age 18, bans juvenile life without parole, eliminates mandatory minimums, and provides opportunity for release after 25 years for juveniles charged as adults. It also improves conditions of confinement by transferring juveniles to juvenile facilities, banning solitary confinement, and engaging parents of detained juveniles.

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    THE COMPREHENSIVE YOUTH JUSTICE AMENDMENT ACT OF 2016

    Building a Model Juvenile Justice System in the District of Columbia


    The Comprehensive Youth Justice Amendment Act of 2016 makes
    sweeping reforms to the District of Columbias juvenile justice system.
    How can you
    get involved?
    Share
    information
    about the bill
    with your
    neighbors, family,
    and friends
    Contact your
    Councilmember
    to express your
    support
    Join in on the
    conversation on
    social media
    using the
    hashtag
    #youthjusticenow

    Learn more at
    kenyanmcduffie.
    com, follow us on
    Twitter
    @CM_McDuffie,
    and like us on
    Facebook at
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    Prevents Children from Entering the Criminal Justice System

    Ensures that juveniles are not detained unnecessarily before a court hearing
    Permits the sealing of juvenile arrest records
    Expands voluntary victim-oender mediation services as an alternative to
    prosecution

    Reduces Overincarceration

    Protects children under the age of 10 from being committed to the custody of the
    Department of Youth Rehabilitative Services (DYRS) with older children
    Prohibits the detention of status oenders, juveniles who commit minor oenses
    such as running away from home
    Ends the commitment of status oenders at age 18
    Provides Age-Appropriate Sentences for Children

    Follows Supreme Court precedent by banning the use of juvenile life without parole
    sentences
    Eliminates mandatory minimum sentences for juveniles and restores judicial
    discretion
    Provides juveniles charged as adults with long sentences an opportunity for release
    after serving 25 years
    Improves the Conditions of Confinement

    Transfers all detained juveniles from adult facilities to DYRS


    Bans the use of disciplinary segregation, also known as solitary confinement
    Sets time limits on the use of room confinement and requires screenings by a health
    or mental health professional
    Creates a parent manual to engage and educate parents of detained juveniles
    Expands Oversight of Services

    Allows data sharing between agencies to improve oversight of diversion programs


    Collects data to evaluate the performance of DYRS
    Requires an analysis of the root causes of juvenile crime

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