Julian zelizer: for a generation, juvenile justice system was a problem hiding in plain sight. He says system was spending $200,000 annually per child to lock up young people. Zelizer says recent reforms have reduced prison population by two-thirds. Governor made it one of his first priorities to close down failed youth prisons, he says.
Julian zelizer: for a generation, juvenile justice system was a problem hiding in plain sight. He says system was spending $200,000 annually per child to lock up young people. Zelizer says recent reforms have reduced prison population by two-thirds. Governor made it one of his first priorities to close down failed youth prisons, he says.
Julian zelizer: for a generation, juvenile justice system was a problem hiding in plain sight. He says system was spending $200,000 annually per child to lock up young people. Zelizer says recent reforms have reduced prison population by two-thirds. Governor made it one of his first priorities to close down failed youth prisons, he says.
Julian zelizer: for a generation, juvenile justice system was a problem hiding in plain sight. He says system was spending $200,000 annually per child to lock up young people. Zelizer says recent reforms have reduced prison population by two-thirds. Governor made it one of his first priorities to close down failed youth prisons, he says.