Youth organizers will call on Alameda County leaders Wednesday to end youth incarceration in the county, according to the Free Our Kids Coalition, which opposes a new county juvenile camp.
The youth-led event starts at 3 p.m. at the California Ballroom at 1736 Franklin St. and is open the public.
"What does a young person need?" said Dieudonne Brou, a coordinator at Urban Peace Movement, which helps Oakland youth become leaders and is part of the Free Our Kids Coalition. Brou asked why the county is not investing that money to provide housing or a college fund that would help stabilize children. Youth that encounter the justice system are more likely to end up in jail or in prison in the future, he said.
Like calls to defund the police, the second point in the plan calls for the county to divest from law enforcement, probation and juvenile halls and invest in healing, education and"positive youth development."
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