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Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.15,0:00:10.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- I got my first arrest\Nwhen I was 11 years old.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.43,0:00:11.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, you don't go from
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.93,0:00:13.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,banging on the streets of Atlanta, Georgia
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.47,0:00:15.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a life expectancy of 15 years
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.21,0:00:17.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to Commissioner of Juvenile\NJustice accidentally.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.61,0:00:20.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You go there because\Nsomebody had the courage
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.26,0:00:22.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to believe more and give you
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.13,0:00:23.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the opportunity to become more.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.86,0:00:24.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's what we have to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.91,0:00:26.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's our real work.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.46,0:00:30.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Senate Bill 200 is adopted.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.84,0:00:33.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Since the late 1990's the rate at which
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.82,0:00:35.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,juveniles are arrested for violent crime
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.44,0:00:36.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has been cut in half.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.59,0:00:38.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so has the rate at which they're held
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.21,0:00:40.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in juvenile correctional facilities.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.17,0:00:42.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,State policy leaders are now poised
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.01,0:00:43.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to accelerate and lock in these trends
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.85,0:00:46.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,toward more public safety\Nat less tax payer expense.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.63,0:00:49.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- The time is right for\Njuvenile justice reform.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.34,0:00:50.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- We're living in a time now where
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.91,0:00:53.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the opportunity has never been greater.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.64,0:00:55.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- We need to recognize that we can do
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.86,0:00:57.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a better job with our kids.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.71,0:00:59.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- States from Georgia\Nto Kentucky to Hawaii
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.88,0:01:01.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are taking a fresh look\Nat juvenile justice
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.90,0:01:04.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it was clear the\Nstatus quo was not working.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.58,0:01:07.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Kentucky was spending it's money
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.14,0:01:08.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it all the wrong ways.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.33,0:01:10.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- We weren't getting a\Ngood return on investment.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.44,0:01:11.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We weren't getting results.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.41,0:01:13.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We weren't getting the best outcomes
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.45,0:01:14.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for our most troubled children.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.93,0:01:16.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I started to look at the type of kids
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.77,0:01:18.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we had at the correctional facility
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.24,0:01:20.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I realized that the overwhelming majority
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.44,0:01:22.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of them were not a risk to public safety.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.37,0:01:27.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Like many judges, we were\Ncommitting kids by default.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.60,0:01:30.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- We were putting almost as many kids in
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.30,0:01:32.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some type of detention facility
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.40,0:01:37.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for missing school as we\Nwere for committing a crime.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.12,0:01:40.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- We are forced, because\Nwe don't have those
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.04,0:01:43.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,local community interventions,\Nto commit them to the state.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.17,0:01:44.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- We were spending a lot\Nof money on detention,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.78,0:01:46.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,particularly for low level offenders,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.90,0:01:49.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we see that that's not a productive
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.20,0:01:52.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or effective way to invest\Nin the lives of those kids.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.85,0:01:57.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Research shows that juvenile\Ncorrectional facilities
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.08,0:01:58.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,generally fail to produce better outcomes
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.83,0:02:01.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than alternative\Nsanctions, cost much more,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.12,0:02:03.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and can actually increase\Nre-offending for certain youth.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.73,0:02:06.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Putting kids in placement\Nin secure facilities,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.05,0:02:09.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lock up, does not actually deter crime.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.60,0:02:13.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Longer stays don't seem\Nto show any positive effects
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.32,0:02:15.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in terms of reducing rate of re-arrest.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.47,0:02:19.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At some point, we should\Nhave a way of thinking about
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.54,0:02:22.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why we're keeping an\Nadolescent in an institution
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.13,0:02:23.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a longer time period.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.75,0:02:25.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if they are reasons to do that
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.33,0:02:26.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then let's be explicit about that,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.82,0:02:29.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and figure out what\Nwe're getting out of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.92,0:02:31.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- To get better results,\Nstates are reducing
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.75,0:02:34.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the number of youths sent\Nto correctional facilities
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.03,0:02:35.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and reinvesting a portion of the savings
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.59,0:02:38.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into programs and policies\Nthat reduce recidivism.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.36,0:02:41.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- One of the ways that states\Ncan really respond effectively
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.13,0:02:44.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to be able to sort\Nthrough kids in terms of
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.18,0:02:46.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,low risk, medium risk, high risk kids,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.44,0:02:48.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to focus those resources effectively
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.97,0:02:50.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the adolescents who\Nare going to present
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.32,0:02:53.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the highest risk of\Npublic safety problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.39,0:02:55.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- If we require judges\Nto apply risk assessment
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.90,0:02:58.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instruments before they can commit kids
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.12,0:02:59.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to ensure that the lower risk kids
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.59,0:03:01.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are not committed to the state.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.13,0:03:04.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- We're gonna see a dramatic shift
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.80,0:03:06.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the way we serve young people.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.58,0:03:09.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- These reforms, first of\Nall, are going to keep kids
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.67,0:03:13.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who otherwise would have\Nbeen sent to a youth prison
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.86,0:03:16.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to remain in the community\Nand receive the type
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.17,0:03:19.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of interventions that need\Nto happen in their home.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.35,0:03:22.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- There will be a\Nsignificantly reduced number
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.91,0:03:24.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of actual court cases filed.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.87,0:03:26.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They will be addressed appropriately
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.79,0:03:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with social services on the front end.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.00,0:03:32.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- To better protect public safety,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.38,0:03:34.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you need to spend those\Ndollars at the front end
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.29,0:03:36.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the system versus the\Nback end of the system.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.65,0:03:40.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Everything in juvenile\Njustice is about intervention.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.18,0:03:44.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Prevent a child learning\Nfurther criminal behaviors
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.28,0:03:46.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you prevent a future adult criminal.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.20,0:03:50.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- These reforms are not only\Nmaking communities safer,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.48,0:03:52.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they're saving states\Nmoney because placing youth
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.45,0:03:53.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in residential facilities is the most
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.93,0:03:55.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,expensive correctional option.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.55,0:03:58.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- When you can divert,\Nyou can avoid sending
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.60,0:04:01.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a low level child to\Ndetention for $100,000 a year,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.16,0:04:02.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those savings mount up quickly.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.87,0:04:05.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- In the state of Hawaii\Nit's costing approximately
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.10,0:04:09.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,$199,000 a year to incarcerate a youth.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.85,0:04:16.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- The bottom line is that\Nwe have passed a bill
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.52,0:04:18.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that gets better outcomes for children
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.50,0:04:21.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and does so at a lower\Ncost for the tax payer.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.26,0:04:23.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- As a result of these reforms,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.27,0:04:25.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have realized cost savings.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.48,0:04:28.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Georgia for example,\Nwe have already shut down
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.31,0:04:31.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,two facilities because we are no longer
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.35,0:04:33.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,committing low risk offenders.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.33,0:04:35.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- States are getting to good public policy
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.01,0:04:36.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by looking at the data.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.30,0:04:37.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Across all branches of government,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.73,0:04:39.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the partisan divide, state\Nleaders are coming together
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.95,0:04:43.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to assess their systems\Nand find solutions.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.41,0:04:45.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- The collaboration on this bill is key.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.46,0:04:47.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We turned no one away.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.91,0:04:50.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- The task force was vital to the process
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.59,0:04:52.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it gave us that credibility
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.71,0:04:55.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that unified voice to speak with
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.66,0:04:58.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when rolling out a package\Nof legislative reforms.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.93,0:05:00.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- These reforms are grounded in research
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.42,0:05:01.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the public supports them.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.76,0:05:05.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- The public has always been more positive
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.10,0:05:08.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in its orientation toward\Nyouthful offenders.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.35,0:05:10.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Eighty-five percent of voters\Nsay they are not concerned
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.63,0:05:12.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether juvenile offenders are sent to
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.28,0:05:14.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,correctional facilities or\Nhow long they stay there.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.49,0:05:16.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What matters is reducing the likelihood
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.16,0:05:17.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of future crime.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.08,0:05:18.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- I really think in some\Nway we're kinda coming
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.80,0:05:21.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back around to what the\Npublic expected all the time
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.85,0:05:24.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the juvenile justice system.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.07,0:05:25.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- State leaders have successfully adopted
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.90,0:05:27.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reforms that will change the direction
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.48,0:05:30.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of juvenile justice policy\Nand the lives of young people.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.63,0:05:32.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- For every child that we divert from the
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.26,0:05:34.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,criminal justice system\Nand decrease the chances
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.73,0:05:36.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they'll ever enter it, that's a policy win
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.63,0:05:38.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in so many ways.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.33,0:05:41.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- We go into public\Nservice to do those things.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.60,0:05:42.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why we're there.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.81,0:05:45.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- If we continue on this trajectory,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.49,0:05:47.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the only children that\Ncome to the deep end
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.07,0:05:48.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of our system will be the ones that
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.22,0:05:50.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,absolutely need it and every other child
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.30,0:05:52.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the commonwealth, and\Nhopefully in the nation,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.43,0:05:54.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will move forward to\Ntheir greatest successes.