Past Events
Locking Up Youth in Adult Jails—Is It Effective?
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Liz Ryan
President and CEO, Campaign for Youth Justice Liz Ryan has 20 years of advocacy campaign experience. Prior to serving at the Campaign for Youth Justice, Ryan served for five years as the advocacy director for the Youth Law Center’s Building Blocks for Youth Initiative, a project to reduce the over-incarceration and disparate treatment of children of color in the juvenile justice system. Her work at the Youth Law Center involved campaign advocacy assistance at the national, state and local levels to stop punitive juvenile justice legislation, redirect funding to communities, and increase involvement of the constituencies that were most affected by juvenile justice decision making. |
