Justice

A report from the John Howard Association of Illinois, a nonpartisan prison watchdog group and MacArthur grantee, explores how young people who have been tried, convicted and imprisoned as adults understand and perceive the process, and makes a number of recommendations for improving it. The report chronicles six young offenders’ experiences with the system and offers steps that policymakers can take to improve the fairness and effectiveness of the criminal justice system’s response to youth prosecuted for serious offenses.