NCJ Number
27515
Date Published
1971
Length
0 pages
Annotation
NBC NEWS WHITE PAPER ON JUVENILE JUSTICE, NARRATED BY CORRESPONDENT EDWIN NEWMAN, WHICH FOCUSES ON HOW CHILDREN, MOST CHARGED WITH STATUS OFFENSES, ARE SENTENCED TO CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
Abstract
THIS TELEVISION DOCUMENTARY, THE RESULT OF SEVEN MONTHS' INVESTIGATION, EMPHASIZES THE MANNER IN WHICH JUVENILES ARE TREATED IN JUVENILE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND BOYS' AND GIRLS' SCHOOLS, AS WELL AS THE KINDS OF DISCIPLINARY PUNISHMENT METED OUT BY INSTITUTION STAFF AND OFFICIALS. THIS FILM CONCENTRATES ON PRACTICES AND CONDITIONS AT CHICAGO'S COOK COUNTY JAIL, WHERE JUVENILE OFFENDERS ARE HELD PENDING TRIAL, THE INDIANA BOYS' AND GIRLS' SCHOOLS, AND EL PASO, WHERE JUVENILES CAN BE COMMITTED TO AN INSTITUTION, WITHOUT A HEARING OR BENEFIT OF ATTORNEY, ON THE BASIS OF AN 'AGREE JUDGMENT' SIGNED BY THE PARENT WHICH ATTESTS TO THE FACT THAT THE CHILD IS A DELINQUENT AND SHOULD BE PLACED IN AN INSTITUTION. PRODUCERDIRECTOR-WRITER MARTIN CARR INTERVIEWS CHILDREN SENTENCED TO THESE INSTITUTIONS, THOSE RECENTLY RELEASED, PARENTS, LEGAL AND LAWYERS, CASEWORKERS, AND CORRECTIONAL ADMINISTRATORS.