Maine Youth Justice is a nonpartisan campaign to end youth incarceration in Maine and invest in a range of community-based alternatives that respond to young people’s needs, support families, and build community in support of community alternatives to youth incarceration.
“So I think this fight is not only for black people anymore,” Ali said. “I don’t think this fight is only for people of color.
As another state commission looks into what to do with Maine’s last youth prison, Long Creek Youth Development Center in South Portland, a group of system-impacted youth have some demands.
Young people who have been in Long Creek urge the state to invest in things like housing, education and after-school programs.