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The Juvenile Justice Foundation
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The Juvenile Justice Foundation is in the process of obtaining its not for profit status as a public Charity Foundation dedicated exclusively for charitable, human & civil rights, to educate the public on children being tried as adults.
More specifically dedicated to support the rights of indigent children ages 18 and under tried as adults and are currently in the criminal justice system throughout the United States, in need of financial support, humanitarian support during the judicial process as well as appeals. The Juvenile Justice Foundation is dedicated to the well being of our American Youth through judicial, legislative and social policy reforms.
Founded in 2005 by Janet Sisk, a child advocate from Matthews, North Carolina, working to help find solutions to issues facing American youth today. Many American children today face abuse both mentally, physically and sexually, many face bullying issues at school, demographic and social issues, and many face over medicating for mental health disorders with strong medications never approved for children under the age of 18.
These children under all these circumstances, when thrown into the criminal justice system usually are first time offenders without prior juvenile records.
These same children are waived up to adult sanctions and tried as adults to face mandatory sentencing guidelines, no considerations in their ages or cases circumstances are taken in for review.
The Juvenile Justice Foundation has evolved into a strong voice advocating for the rights of all children to have their constitutional and statutory rights and protections against incarceration as adults. The foundation's mission is to see the juvenile justice system reformed back to its original purpose of creation, to ensure that all children under extreme circumstances in their lives are given the opportunity of rehabilitation, counseling and education within the criminal justice system along with the punishment sentenced to them
As a child.
The United States deems a person under 18 as a child in every aspect of the laws in this nation with the exception of the Criminal Justice System.
Rehabilitation, Counseling and Education for our Offending Children
Because Children are Never Adults
DID YOU KNOW ?
Once a CHILD enters the criminal justice system in the United States , many of these children experience violations of their fundamental human rights,
from being questioned without an adult present, waiving their Miranda Rights and subjected to hours of interrogations without an adult or parent present.
Brutal physical force and cruel punishments, including placing them in isolation for lengthy periods, many children are incarcerated when other action could have been taken. Children are often held in Juvenile Detention facilities or adult jails that are seriously overcrowded and cannot provide adequate educational, mental health,counseling and other important services.
A growing number of children are being tried as adults in the criminal justice system and are being subjected to the same punishments as adults. Children are also held for months /years in jails before they are tried, unlike their adult counterparts.
There, they may be denied access to education, counseling, and adequate opportunity for rehabilitation. Thousands of convicted children are sent to prisons where they are not separated from adult prisoners, putting them at serious risk of physical and sexual abuse.
In the US people have been executed for crimes that they committed when they were children, in clear violation of international human rights law, as of to date there are at least 2250 juveniles sentenced to LWOP for offences committed when they were under 18 years of age.
Some of the violations of the rights of children breach many state laws as well as the international standards. Each state has its own statues on juvenile justice issues, thus leaving a child's opportunity for rehabilitation within the juvenile justice system unequal throughout the US.
This leaving a disturbing and horrific reality that these violations are actually sanctioned by Laws in the United States.The USA has refused to implement fully the protection of the human rights of children and well as defining an One Age as to when a child should be tried as an adult. Currently in many states there are no minimum age for trying children as adults ,some states as young as 9.
The Juvenile Justice Foundation calls upon our Governmental authorities to amend and ensure that our laws ,policies and practices concerning offending juveniles are fully consistent with standards of rehabilitation ,counseling and education to our youngest of children.
Were You a Juvenile tried as an Adult?
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The Juvenile Justice Foundation is currently collecting research on juveniles under the age of 18 tried and sentenced as adults to long prison terms and LWOP.
Research collected will be used in the Foundations efforts to abolish juveniles being tried as adults in the United States.
If you have a loved one that was under the age of 18 and sentenced as an adult ,please consider sending the questionaire to them.
Please take a moment to fill out the Questionnaire/Release form below and return it to the address provided. Your case can make a difference in the fight to abolish juveniles tried as adults.
The Juvenile Justice Foundation / Research Dept.
3500 Wonderland Dr.
Matthews, N.C. 28104
1. Age at time of crime
2. Did you understand Miranda rights
3 Represented by public /private attorney
4. Understand Adult court proceedings
5. Alone during interrogations / Miranda
6. Was your sentence a mandatory sentence
7. Parole eligible
8. Sentenced received
9. Current age, time served
10.Type of crime committed
11.Background history of your childhood
12.Background history of the crime committed
13. What Education/counseling is provided to you in adult prison
14. In your opinion what would have helped you the most as a juvenile offender in the form of any rehabilitation efforts and a positive outcome.
What should the courts provide to offending juveniles in place of adult sentencing?
What would have made a difference in your life as a juvenile that may have prevented the offense?
As a juvenile that entered into adult prison what has it taught you ?
I ___________ give permission to The Juvenile Justice Foundation to use any information provided in this questionaire for educational and research purposes in the efforts to abloish children being tried as adults. Dated :_______________
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