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A progressive voice in Hawai'i promoting the positive healing role of religion in public life by encouraging dialogue, challenging extremism, and facilitating nonviolent community activism

  

Statement on juvenile justice and youth prison reform

The Interfaith Alliance Hawai'i is a member of the Hawai'i Juvenile Justice Project (HJJP) initiated by the American Civil Liberties Union.

We are alarmed that a very high percentage of the youth who are incarcerated in Hawai'i have serious substance abuse and mental health problems.  This is counterproductive, costly, and unjust.  We believe that there is an opportunity for a comprehensive reform of juvenile justice in Hawai'i.

The proactive way to achieve juvenile justice is through collaboration with private and pubic providers in developing treatment and other alternatives to incarceration.

 

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