These Are Our Kids: Transforming Juvenile Detention in Three American Cities

This video from 2004 covers the early years of the Annie E. Casey Foundation's Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative® (JDAI) in Cook County, Illinois (home to Chicago), Multnomah County, Oregon (home to Portland) and Santa Cruz County, California.

Through collaborative planning, data-driven decisions and strategies that increase options and efficiency, these jurisdictions proved that arbitrary, expensive and often discriminatory juvenile justice systems can be transformed to better protect public safety, help young people in trouble and save taxpayer dollars.

The documentary was produced and directed by Natalie S. Bimel, who is now the namesake for the Foundation’s award for community leaders who have made extraordinary contributions to juvenile justice reform.

Видео These Are Our Kids: Transforming Juvenile Detention in Three American Cities канала The Annie E. Casey Foundation