Stolen Futures - Seventeen
Aug 31, 2010, Angela Caputo, The Chicago Reporter
As police pinned Derrick Reed to the hood of a squad car, one thought raced through his mind: “Oh, man. I’m going to go away. I’m 17 now.” The East Garfield Park teen’s coming-of-age story isn’t filled with school dances or football-team tryouts. Rather, the day that shaped his adolescence was Nov. 30, 2009. It started out fairly unremarkable for him. Reed stepped out of his apartment and into a local open-air drug market. The operation was standard, and he…
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- Issues
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Aftercare
, Community-based alternatives
, Evidence-based practices
, Mental health
, Racial-ethnic fairness/DMC
, Right-sizing jurisdiction
- States
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Illinois
- Action networks
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DMC Action Network
, Mental Health / Juvenile Justice Action Network