Cruelty Against Children Costs All Dearly

Recently some young Philadelphians used the City Hall courtyard as a venue to expose abuses they’ve endured while held inside the city’s juvenile justice system. 

Their chilling accounts came during an event that also exhibited artwork created by those youth that contained poignant pleas about their dreams for better lives.

Members of Juveniles For Justice gave testimonies about practices that should be unacceptable in a self-professed civilized society like America…practices like solitary confinement where incarcerated youth are alone for days sometimes weeks at a time only seeing another person when they are given meals.