Reducing Overreliance on Youth Incarceration EXPLORING EFFECTIVE ALTERNATIVES TO CONFINEMENT

Effec­tive Alter­na­tives to Youth Incar­cer­a­tion, a new report from the Sen­tenc­ing Project, con­tends that the key to reduc­ing over­re­liance on youth incar­cer­a­tion is expand­ing alter­na­tives that keep more young peo­ple — even those who have com­mit­ted seri­ous offens­es — con­nect­ed to fam­i­lies, schools and their own communities.