On abolishing Long Creek and promoting alternatives to youth incarceration. With Maine Youth Justice organizers Adan Abdi and Skye Gosselin. Moderated by Ali Ali (Artistic Director, Maine Inside Out; Advocacy Director, Maine Youth Justice; Member, Portland Racial Equity Steering Committee. 

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Resources for further learning:

– Nell Bernstein (2016) Burning Down the House: The End of Juvenile Prison. The New Press.

– Elizabeth Hinton (2017) Chapter 6, “Juvenile Injustice,” From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime: The Making of Mass Incarceration in America. Harvard University Press.

– Danielle Layton, Erica King, Sophia McMullan and Mara Sanchez (2021) Mapping the Impact of Systems and Places on Youth Pathways. Place Matters, Cutler Institute.