Despite positive trends in school discipline in Texas, the state should continue to improve the process, by examining mandatory discipline, and considering alternative methods such as restorative justice.
Criminal Justice
Sentencing reform is critical for youth in the justice system
As states across the country move to right-size their prison systems, managing to reduce incarceration, costs and crime, it is important to consider reform at the federal level as well. And when it comes to reforming our sentencing laws, there seems no better place to start than with the most vulnerable among us: our children....
September 17, 2018