THIS MESSAGE IS FROM CITIZENS FOR JUVENILE JUSTICE.
WE NEED YOU TO ACT TODAY!! As many of you know, CfJJ and many others have been advocating for comprehensive, juvenile justice reform for the last year and a half. Yesterday, the MA Senate — with amazing work from dedicated, tireless champions Senator Karen Spilka, Senator Cynthia Creem, Senator Will Brownsberger, and Senator Dan Wolf — have reported a bill that would result in meaningful, critical progress on a huge host of issues. We are tremendously excited about this opportunity, but WE NEED YOUR HELP NOW to get this a favorable vote.The Massachusetts Senate will be debating the Juvenile Justice omnibus bill on Tuesday.We need you to reach out to your State Senators over the weekend through social media and ask your Senators to vote YES on Senate bill 2417.
Sample Talking Points (highlight 2 or 3 in your social media posts to your legislators)
- Vote #YESonS2417 Tuesday! MA Kids deserve smart JJ Reform. #mapoli
- This bill would divert youth with low level offenses from going deeper into the justice system and will improve both public safety and outcomes for youth who do enter the system. #YESonS2417
- Ban practices that can cause short and long-term harm to healthy development like arresting and arraigning very young children and indiscriminate shackling of children in court #YESonS2417
- Massachusetts spends hundreds of thousands of dollars to incarcerate youth who are of no threat to our communities, harming children and making them more likely to commit future offenses. #YESonS2417
- Allow for the expungement juvenile records in certain cases to ensure that youth are not burdened by a minor record as they enter adulthood #ExpungeMA #YESonS2417
- Keep very young, elementary school age children out of our delinquency system #YESonS2417
- Ensure that children are no longer treated more harshly than adults for certain minor offenses #YESonS2417
- Promote developmentally appropriate programming for young adults who are incarcerated #YESonS2417
- By failing to collect basic information on justice-involved children and youth, MA can not set policy and funding decision to assess and ensure the fairness and effectiveness of the juvenile justice system. #YESonS2417
- Create a task force to analyze and make recommendations to improve data collection and transparency in the juvenile justice system #YESonS2417
Thank you! |
