The Power of Partnerships
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Advocates for troubled teens can greatly benefit from partnering with families, according to the National Juvenile Justice Network. NJJN’s An Advocates Guide to Meaningful Family Partnerships: Tips from the Field outlines ways to build advocate and family coalitions that push for practices that are fair and appropriate for kids. Louisiana’s Tallulah Correctional Center for Youth was infamous for “broken bones, black eyes, fractured jaws, and rapes” according to a report in Alter Net: Civil Liberties. The facility was finally shut down once a major family group merged with a major advocacy group, the National Juvenile Justice Network points out. For more information about advocates partnering with families:
An Advocates Guide to Meaningful Family Partnerships: Tips from the Field
National Juvenile Justice Network
Moms Want Justice: Meaningful Family Partnerships in Juvenile Justice Reform
Alter Net: Civil Liberties