Rather than a punitive approach to crime, the plan focuses on rehabilitation, prevention and intervention strategies. That means engaging city residents at the highest risk of being involved in gun violence before a shooting happens and creating a reentry council to help people once they leave prison. It also seeks to address the systemic issues that lead people to break the law in the first place. Create legitimate economic opportunities in communities, so young people won’t start peddling drugs. Keep kids in school, so they have better options in life. Steer juveniles who do end up in the juvenile justice system pipeline, to programs that lead them away from further trouble. As the mayor’s plan points out, historically, the city has over-invested in punitive approaches when it comes to young people, and in Baltimore, Black youth are overrepresented in the youth justice system. Address the trauma that residents develop just from the mere circumstance of living in violent neighborhoods.
The Link LonkMarch 17, 2021 at 01:01AM
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