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Maryland Youth Justice Coalition @mdyouthjustice.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Check out this empowering must-read from Olivia Naugle of The Sentencing Project: www.governing.com/policy/the-m...

Maryland Youth Justice Coalition @mdyouthjustice.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

🎉 The Youth Charging Reform Act passed the House and is on its way to the Governor!! 🎉 This is an IMPORTANT first step in ending automatic charging in Maryland! A HUGE thank you to Sen. President Ferguson, Speaker Peña-Melnyk, Sen. Smith, & Del. Bartlett for making the YCRA happen.

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Maryland Youth Justice Coalition @mdyouthjustice.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

After 14 years, it is time for the General Assembly to take meaningful steps to address the harms of charging youth as adults. The current system is wasteful, and it doesn't give young people or our communities the outcomes they deserve. Pass SB323/HB409!!

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Maryland Youth Justice Coalition @mdyouthjustice.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Over 35 organizations are calling on the General Assembly to pass the Youth Justice Reform Act. ⭐ Join us in telling the General Assembly to limit the number of kids charged as adults ➡ bit.ly/CareNotCages26 #YouthJusticeReformNOW #CareNotCages

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Maryland Youth Justice Coalition @mdyouthjustice.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

📣 Join us for Youth Justice Lobby Day on February 2nd! Visit bit.ly/MYJCLobbyDay26 or scan the QR code to learn more and RSVP. We hope to see you there! #CareNotCages #endautocharging Share this invite with your networks and communities! 💌

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Maryland Youth Justice Coalition @mdyouthjustice.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

This recent Maryland Matters op-ed about an Abell Foundation report calls for state legislators to reconsider laws that automatically try kids as adults. (In November, the state’s Commission on Juvenile Justice Reform and Emerging and Best Practices called for an end to autocharging altogether.)

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Maryland Youth Justice Coalition @mdyouthjustice.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

"We want Baltimore to know that we feel misunderstood, unrepresented, and underestimated." 📖 A powerful must-read by Sela Powell, a youth advocate and board member at @youthasresources (YAR). READ NOW: yrsh.substack.com/p/what-we-wa...

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What We Want Baltimore to Know About Us: The Unspoken Voices of Baltimore’s Youth

By Sela Powell

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Maryland Youth Justice Coalition @mdyouthjustice.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

LISTEN NOW 🎧: State Sen. Will Smith joins WYPR to discuss the graveyard at Cheltenham and the need for youth justice reform in the upcoming legislative session. Link in thread. Thank you to Sen. Will Smith for fighting for Maryland's youth today and rectifying past harms. Kids need #CareNotCages

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Maryland Youth Justice Coalition @mdyouthjustice.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Calling all Maryland libraries and bookstores 📣 It's Youth Justice Action Month! Help us spread the word this October. Find the YJAM reading list at bit.ly/YJAMReading. Share this post with your favorite local library or bookstore! #YJAM2025 #UnitedForAction #UnitedForUnderstanding

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wearenyjn.bsky.social @wearenyjn.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

October is Youth Justice Action Month (YJAM)! We'll be spending the month raising awareness about the unique challenges young individuals face within the justice system and advocating for fair, effective, and developmentally appropriate responses. Learn more: youthjusticeactionmonth.org

"#YJAM2025 United For Action" over an image of a group of young people all wearing yellow t-shirts with jeans with their arms around each other looking away from the camera. At the bottom are logos for National Youth Justice Network and the Coalition for Juvenile Justice

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Advance Maryland @advancemaryland.org · 09/09/2025

We’re #BaltimoreProud of the work our city has done to reduce crime through violence reduction strategies. We need to keep investing in what works to help our city thrive. #NoTroops

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Maryland Youth Justice Coalition @mdyouthjustice.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

"Does the state really want future generations to look at Maryland’s current failings on Black children with the same disgust and judgment of its actions as I imagine many people do now at the site of the unmarked graves at Cheltenham?" A must-read by Liz Ryan via Maryland Matters. Link in thread.

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Maryland Youth Justice Coalition @mdyouthjustice.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

“Decades of experience and research have shown that there are almost always better, more effective and more humane alternatives to incarceration,” says Alice Wilkerson of the Maryland Youth Justice Coalition (MYJC), “as the latter leads to evident abuses and also greater recidivism.”

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Maryland Youth Justice Coalition @mdyouthjustice.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

📰 More must read media coverage for the week: Interview with new Secretary of DJS Betsy Fox Tolentino, op-ed from former Secretary Vinny Schiraldi, and an op-ed from Maryland's Public Defender Natasha Dartigue. Links and more in thread ⬇️⬇️

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Maryland Youth Justice Coalition @mdyouthjustice.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

We agree with this must-read: "We must be dissatisfied — dissatisfied by the status quo proposed by the state, and dissatisfied with the state’s refusal to protect its children." www.baltimoresun.com/2025/06/23/j...

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Justice for Maryland’s youth still has a ways to go | GUEST COMMENTARY

The movement for juvenile justice reform is increasingly necessary, writes Alvin Lee.

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Maryland Youth Justice Coalition @mdyouthjustice.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

MUST WATCH: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Solitary confinement. Mass youth arrests. The crisis in youth justice is nationwide—and Maryland is no exception. While our state wasn’t named, the issues still hit close to home. Reform can’t wait. Kids deserve better. youtu.be/Pya-kt5M7uY?...

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Juvenile Justice: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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Maryland Youth Justice Coalition @mdyouthjustice.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

🧵 Maryland is leading the country when it comes to our youth for all the wrong reasons. Our state has the highest number of violations of federal standards for youth kept in adult jails. 7x HIGHER than the allowable number of violations.

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