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USCCR

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USCCR

@USCCRgov

US Commission on Civil Rights official page informing civil rights policy via research, reports & recommendations to POTUS & Congress. Follow/RT not endorsement

Washington, DC

Joined July 2015

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Rochelle Garza
@RochelleMGarza
Jun 12
Today, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights is holding a public briefing to investigate mental health care and its consequences in juvenile justice facilities — and we're hearing from powerful voices like Dieter, Director of Juvenile Rights. @USCCRgov @dieter_cantu
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"As of 2023, black youth were 5.5 times as likely to be in placement in juvenile facilities as their white peers. That disparity is at an all time high with data that starts in 1997, and it’s important to understand that this isn’t a localized problem." (1/2)
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"In all of the states with significant populations of African American youth, those youth are 2.5 times as likely to be in placement as their white peers." Joshua Rovner with @SentencingProj (2/2)
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"When I became sick with illnesses such as strep throat or staph infections, I was only offered faucet water as solution." (1/2)
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"I learned that if I wanted rest, I had to become disruptive enough to be removed from unit – that meant throwing my personal property around so I could be sent to security." - @dietercantupa @jsp_partners
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"Rather than receiving support I was repeatedly labeled problematic, suspended, placed in alternative education settings, and pushed further into systems of punishment instead of care." - Samuel Quiles
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"I started a non-profit organization called Voice for the Unheard ten years ago, and the reason I started this organization is because since I was 14 years old when I was wrongfully convicted, I felt like my voice wasn’t being heard." (1/2)
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"I felt like I was bleeding on the inside and crying for so much help but nobody was hearing me." (2/2) - John Bunn
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"I was sentenced to life with never a question asked about what happened, only about the crime…But at 16 years old something happened, something shifted in my life that put me on this trajectory that caused me to be placed in prison for life at 19." - @Lester972
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"Sitting in prison at 19, I kept asking that question: What happened? What if they would have asked me that one question at 16, when my mother died & one of my best friends was killed. No one ever asked because four months later I found myself in the criminal justice system."
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Christina Buttons
@buttonslives
Jun 12
I spoke this morning on the research, legal, and policy expert panel at the @USCCRgov briefing on mental health in juvenile justice facilities in D.C. I look forward to sharing my testimony on the issues affecting youth in care!
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Jun 12
Happening now! Watch the Commission's briefing on mental health in juvenile justice facilities. youtube.com/watch?v=y1B_Yn…
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"If we can immediately recognize when a youth breaks a rule, we should be able to recognize when a youth is asking for help." (1/2)
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"Every young person who enters a facility is telling us something through their behavior. The question is whether we are willing to listen before that behavior follows them into adulthood." (2/2) @dietercantupa
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“As someone formerly incarcerated, I never received meaningful mental health treatment during my youth incarceration or later while incarcerated as an adult, despite carrying significant trauma long before entering the system.” (1/3)
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“My childhood was shaped by abandonment, domestic violence, instability, neglect, and constant hypervigilance — experiences now commonly understood as Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs).” (2/3)
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“Rather than receiving support, I was repeatedly labeled 'problematic,' suspended, placed in alternative education settings, and pushed further into systems of punishment instead of care.” (3/3) - Samuel Quiles, @NCST_newark
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"If we truly want to reduce recidivism, violence, and long-term incarceration, we must invest in systems that prioritize healing, accountability, mentorship, emotional intelligence, and restoration alongside structure and responsibility." - @Lester972 Path2Redemption
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Rochelle Garza
@RochelleMGarza
Jun 12
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights is holding a briefing today, June 12, 2026, to examine mental health and consequences in juvenile justice facilities. @USCCRgov
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“In addressing the spectrum of needs among these youth demands a sufficient number of qualified providers operating in an environment that can encourage and support behavioral change." (1/2)
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"Importantly, it is critical that behavioral health plans are individualized to each person’s problems and cognitive functioning level. Generic programs, one-size-fits-all solutions, do not work.” - Mark Jordan, Former Executive Director, OIJJFO in Washington DC
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