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Tuesday, November 13, 2018

"PRISON KIDS": A LOCAL DISCUSSION

On November 12, 2018, the League of Women's Voters Education Committee, headed by host Dr. Paula Montgomery, and co-sponor, the Southern Poverty Law Center, represented by Tallahassee-based Outreach Paralegal Maya Rose Goldman, presented the documentary "Prison Kids: Juvenile Justice in America."



According to 2015 data from the U.S. Department of Justice presented by the film's producers, Youth First Initiative, "three-quarters of the youth incarcerated in the juvenile justice system are locked up for offenses that pose little to no threat to public safety such as probation violations, status offenses (e.g. running away, skipping school), property and public order offenses, and drug offenses. Only one in four youth placed in youth prisons and other out-of-home confinement in the juvenile justice system had committed any of the most serious violent crimes according to the violent crime index (e.g. aggravated assault, robbery, rape or homicide)."

The documentary was followed by a panel discussion moderated by Ms. Lisa Nellessen-Savage, executive editor of the Pensacola News Journal. Panelists appearing in the videos below include: Dr. Bradley Lord, director of in-home on-site services of the Lakeview Center; Mr. Paul Wallis, chief probabation officer for Circuit 1; and, Reverend Rodney Jones, president of the Pensacola branch of the NAACP and also head of the Healthy Opportunities and Options Promoting Success (HOOPS). Also appearing was Mr. Jerry McIntosh, president of the Movement for Change, who substituted for his wife Carol, who was to represent the Coalition for Justice.

Below, are videos of the Introduction by Dr. Paula Montgomery, brief panel commentary, and the question-and-answer session, followed by closing remarks by the Maya Goldman.


Dr. Paula Montgomery, Introduction

Ms. Lisa Nellessen-Savage, Intro to Speakers

Dr. Bradley Lord, Lakeview Center

Mr. Paul Wallis, Dept of Juvenile Justice

Rev. Rodney Jones, HOOPS/NAACP

Question: Trauma-Informed Care in Escambia County

Question: Treatment After Child Leaves Program

Mr. Jerry McIntosh, Movement for Change, Call for Citizen Advisory Board

Question: Racial disparities in Escambia County

Continuation of racial disparities

Mr. Fred Gant, lawyer, question on implicit bias and police training

Ms. Maya Rose Goldman, SPLC, closing remarks

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