Zero Tolerance And Detention Don't Work In Juvenile Justice. They Don't Work In Immigration Either

Authors

Sarah R. Sherman-Stokes, Boston University School of LawFollow

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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-18-2018

Publisher

Cognoscenti

Language

en-US

Abstract

Nelson Mandela wrote, “there can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children.” As attorneys defending juveniles in criminal custody and immigrants facing deportation, we are deeply worried for our nation’s soul. Parallels between the current immigration crisis and that of citizen children accused of delinquency reveal lessons, not yet learned, about the harrowing long-term impact of zero-tolerance and detention on the lives of children.

Recommended Citation

Sarah R. Sherman-Stokes, Zero Tolerance And Detention Don't Work In Juvenile Justice. They Don't Work In Immigration Either , in Cognoscenti (2018).
Available at: https://scholarship.law.bu.edu/shorter_works/116

Publisher URL

https://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2018/07/18/zero-tolerance-and-detention-dont-work-in-juvenile-justice-they-dont-work-in-immigration-either