This bill moves us in the wrong direction. Let's also talk about who this bill impacts. More than 93% of youth arrests in D.C. in the first half of this year were black youth. DC Already has the highest youth incarceration rate in the country, more than three times the national average. This bill would take those discrepancies and make them worse, funneling even more children to the adult system. Now, the bottom line is simple. (15:29–15:36)
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Asserts that D.C. has the highest youth incarceration rate, over three times the national average.
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