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On Friday, February 13, 2009, Congressman
Bobby Scott (D-VA-03) and Congressman Mike Castle (R-DE-AL)
re-introduced the Youth Prison Reduction through Opportunity Mentoring,
Intervention, Support and Education, or Youth PROMISE Act into the U.S. House of Represenatives (Bill H.R. 1064). Companion legislation was also introduced in the US Senate (Bill S. 435) by Senators Robert Casey (D-PA) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME).
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Making a Case: Youth PROMISE Act |
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“Tough on Crime” laws are not reducing crime. Despite stiffer
penalties, longer prison sentences, and the building of more jails, the
result has been higher incarceration rates within the United States
without a substantial reduction in youth violence. The United States
continues to have youth violence rates that are significantly higher
than any other developed country.
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