The Table: Conversations on Youth Justice – Details, episodes & analysis

We’ve got a very special episode of The Table that you don’t want to miss! This month, Macayla and Katie offer an exclusive update on what’s in store for MCYJ in the coming months. Plus, we’re thrilled to have Denita Dorsey, Outreach and Advocacy Manager, joining us to offer a dive deep into our first Voices of Youth Justice fellowship program. Listen now at www.miyouthjustice.org/thetable or wherever you find your podcasts!

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On this month’s episode of “The Table: Conversations on Youth Justice,” Macayla Jones joins the show to share conversations with Judge Karen Braxton of Wayne County and Jason Smith, MCYJ’s Executive Director. They talk about how they arrived at careers in juvenile justice, interesting stories from their personal and professional past, and more!

Other resources:

• Meet Judge Braxton
• Meet Jason Smith

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On this month’s episode of “The Table: Conversations on Youth Justice,” Husain Haidri talks to Joshua Pease, Director of the Youth Defense Project at the State Appellate Defender Office. Josh shares some updates about SADO, expansions to its mission, and funding it hopes to secure this year. Husain then asks him about what it means for a minor to be charged as an adult, why it happens, and the process. Josh then breaks down the Juvenile Justice Task Force’s proposed amendments to the waiver process.

Other resources:

• Task Force Recommendations
• Click on Detroit: Crumbley Charged as Adult
• MCL 712A.4

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On this month’s episode of “The Table: Conversations on Youth Justice,” Husain talks to Josh Rovner from the Sentencing Project about diverting youth from the juvenile justice system. They talk about the merits of diversion practices, and Husain discusses MCYJ’s efforts to promote diversion across the state. For more information:

• Diversion: A Hidden Key to Combating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Juvenile Justice

• Opinion | Michigan needs a statewide approach to reform juvenile justice (Bridge)

• Michigan’s Task Force On Juvenile Justice Reform Approves Comprehensive Blueprint For Transforming Juvenile Justice Statewide

Reach out to Husain: hhaidri@miyouthjustice.org

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On this month's episode of "The Table: Conversations on Youth Justice,” Husain Haidri interviews MCYJ Policy Director Jennifer Peacock. In their conversation, Jen talks about her personal background and how she ended up at MCYJ. Husain asks about what legislative advocacy looks like, and Jen shares some interesting anecdotes.

Additional Information:

• hhaidri@miyouthjustice.org

• MCYJ Event with the League of Women Voters

• Trailer for Building Momentum

• About Cafe Momentum

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• hhaidri@miyouthjustice.org
• MCYJ's 2021 COVID-19 Report
• Thom Lattig
• Gov. Whitmer’s budget proposal
• MDHHS Child Care Fund
• Child Care Fund Handbook

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Husain Haidri discusses the origins of juvenile public defense, describes what a public defender is and does, addresses some of the objections to the public defender system, and offers some solutions to serious problems in the system. At the end of the episode, there's also an update on juvenile life without parole in Michigan.

See also:

• Case: In Re Gault
• Paper: The Impact of National Standards on Juvenile Defense Practice
• Paper: OJJDP on Restorative Justice
• Paper: Rethinking the Sanctioning Function in Juvenile Court: Retributive or Restorative Responses to Youth Crime
• National Juvenile Defender Standards
• SADO December Minutes
• Article: Police Routinely Read Juveniles their Miranda Rights, But Do Kids Really Understand Them?
• Video: Juvenile Justice Task Force Meeting (4/2022)
• Article: SADO’s Summary on Michigan’s Juvenile Life without Parole Cases

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To start season 2, Husain lays out the legislative landscape for youth justice policies in 2023 and talks about the role and effect of fear in policy-making.

Contact me: Husain Haidri, hhaidri@miyouthjustice.org

External References

• https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/nij/247350.pdf
• https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2022/08/25/wayne-county-juvenile-detention-facility-jail-overcrowding-understaffed/65418803007/
• https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/wayne/2022/09/23/jdf-wayne-county-juvenile-jail-complaints/69510344007/
• https://www.wxyz.com/news/local-news/investigations/fighting-understaffing-wayne-county-moves-juveniles-to-vacant-jail
• https://www.bridgemi.com/talent-education/scores-michigan-schools-close-amid-threats-following-oxford-shootings
• https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/12/09/oxford-shooting-copycat-threats-students-arrested/6445301001/
• https://www.abc12.com/news/10-year-old-saginaw-4th-grader-charged-with-false-threat-of-terrorism/article_714ccaaa-bb6e-11ec-99c4-dfe668b3cb33.html
• Wasted Education - Blue Topaz

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For the season finale, Husain breaks down the long-awaited recommendations from the Governor’s Task Force on Juvenile Justice. He talks about the Task Force’s approach, what they ultimately recommended, and how these recommendations will be implemented. At the end of the show, Michigan Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth Clement joins the show to discuss which recommendations are most important to her, the role of the judiciary more broadly, and what she hopes advocates will pick up on in the future.

Task Force Recommendations

Michigan Supreme Court (YouTube)

Michigan Committee on Juvenile Justice

National Juvenile Defender Center report on Michigan

Inquiries: hhaidri@miyouthjustice.org

Music is Wasted Education by Blue Topaz.

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