ABOUT
OUR HISTORY
The Maryland Youth Justice Coalition was formed in 2017. We successfully supported reforms in the 2022 General Assembly to ensure that Maryland residents 17 and younger are guaranteed the protections of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution (SB53) and an evidence-based omnibus reform package (SB691), endorsed by the Juvenile Justice Reform Council, that expands the use of diversion from juvenile courts, restricts the overuse of detention and confinement, limits terms of juvenile probation, and ends the prosecution of young children.
WHO WE ARE
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ACLU of Maryland
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Advance Maryland
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Baltimore Algebra Project
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Baltimore Legal Action Team (BALT)
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Baltimore Jewish Council
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Baltimore Youth Arts
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BRIDGE Maryland, Inc.
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The Choice Program at UMBC
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Disability Rights, Maryland
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Free State PTA
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Human Rights for Kids
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Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) of Greater Washington
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Jews United for Justice
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Maryland Catholic Conference
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Maryland Center on Economic Policy
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Maryland Association of Youth Service Bureaus
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Mental Health Association of Maryland
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National Council of Jewish Women, Maryland State Policy Advocacy Network
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No Boundaries Coalition
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Out for Justice
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R Street Institute
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The Rebuild, Overcome, and Rise (ROAR) Center at UMD, Baltimore
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The Sayra and Neil Meyerhoff Center for Families, Children and the Courts
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The Sentencing Project
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Young People for Progress
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Youth As Resources (YAR)
