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No Place for Youth: Girls in the Adult Justice System

February 8, 2016 | Antoinette Davis, Andrea Gentile, and Caroline Glesmann

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NCCD researchers Antoinette Davis and Caroline Glesmann authored the report “No Place for Youth: Girls in the Adult Justice System,” which will be included as part of the National Institute of Corrections’ (NIC) series of bulletins on gender-responsive strategies in the justice system. In the report, the authors discuss the growing body of research on issues faced by youth in adult facilities, including data that show youth confined in adult facilities are more likely to commit new crimes once released than youth who were confined in juvenile facilities.

NCCD researchers Antoinette Davis and Caroline Glesmann authored the report “No Place for Youth: Girls in the Adult Justice System,” which will be included as part of the National Institute of Corrections’ (NIC) series of bulletins on gender-responsive strategies in the justice system. In the report, the authors discuss the growing body of research on issues faced by youth in adult facilities, including data that show youth confined in adult facilities are more likely to commit new crimes once released than youth who were confined in juvenile facilities. The report focuses on girls under age 18 who are confined to adult facilities in the United States and the issues that confront them: the lack of age- and gender-specific resources to meet the needs of adolescents, physically and emotionally unsafe conditions, and other issues that “run counter to [the] rehabilitative goals” of youth and girls. This report “is necessary reading for anyone working with or concerned about girls who are incarcerated in adult correctional facilities,” writes the NIC.

Read the full report here.