1. National Coming Out Day Discussion:
LGBTQ Youth in the Juvenile Justice System

2. LGBTQ Youth in the Juvenile Justice System
Welcome – Ian Palmquist, Equality Federation
What do we know about LGBTQ youth in the juvenile justice system? – Naomi Goldberg, Movement Advancement Project
Recommendations for Reform – Shannan Wilber, National Center for Lesbian Rights and Aisha Canfield, Impact Justice
Q&A and Discussion

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4. LGBTQ youth in the juvenile justice system
What do we know about LGBTQ youth in the juvenile justice system?
What are the pathways to the system for LGBTQ youth? Why may they be overrepresented?
What are LGBTQ youth’s experiences in the juvenile justice system?

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6. LGBTQ Youth Are Overrepresented in the System
Source: Angela Irvine and Aisha Canfield, “LGBQ/GNCT Youth in the U.S. Justice System,” Impact Justice, 2016.

7. Why are LGBTQ Youth Are Overrepresented?

8. Why are LGBTQ Youth Are Overrepresented?
LGBTQ youth are failed by key systems: families, schools, communities, child welfare systems

9. Why are LGBTQ Youth Are Overrepresented?
Discrimination leads to criminalization: discriminatory enforcement of laws, drug laws, anti-prostitution laws, harmful policing strategies

10. What are the experiences of LGBTQ youth in the system?

11. What are the experiences of LGBTQ youth in the system?
In juvenile justice facilities: unsafe placement and high rates of abuse and mistreatment

12. Keeping LGBTQ Youth Out of the Juvenile Justice System
Recommendations:
Keeping LGBTQ Youth Out of the Juvenile Justice System
Shannan Wilber Youth Project Director National Center for Lesbian Rights

13. Interrupt the Pipelines
Increase family acceptance and support
Increase family stability and security
Ensure safe and affirming schools
Reform punitive school discipline policies
Create opportunities for positive peer support
Strengthen safety nets
Services for youth experiencing homelessness
Affirming child welfare services

14. Dismantling Institutional Bias
Prohibit police profiling and discrimination
Eliminate discriminatory laws and enforcement
Strengthen due process protections at every stage
Reduce the use of detention
Eliminate youth prisons
Reinvest savings in community-based services
Change financial incentives

15. Improve Transition Support
Individualize re-entry services
Engage and support youth and families
Prohibit discrimination in housing, employment, education
Eliminate barriers to successful reintegration
Ban the box
Expunge juvenile records
Fair housing laws
Student loans and tax credits
Provide accessible and effective substance abuse treatment
Provide LGBTQ affirming health and behavioral health care

16. Policy Researcher and Analyst Impact Justice
Recommendations Reforming the Current System to Improve the Treatment of LGBQ/GNCT Youth
Aisha Canfield, MPP
Policy Researcher and Analyst Impact Justice

17. Reduce Discrimination in The Juvenile Justice System
Build system’s capacity to improve the treatment of LGBQ/GNCT youth (of color) by:
leveraging federal and state funding for training
developing and implementing nondiscrimination policies
intentionally hiring members of various communities that reflect the identities and experiences of youth in the system

18. Improve Safety of and Access to Resources For LGBQ/GNCT Youth
Make decisions on a case-by-case basis that consider SOGIE by:
implementing SOGIE data collection systems
giving agency to young people to determine how their SOGIE data is shared (if at all) with other youth and staff in the facility
housing youth according to present gender identity and sense of safety
allowing transgender and gender nonconforming youth access to clothing, grooming products and programming  that align with their gender identity
incorporating silent communication that signals support, intentionality, and safety
creating safe and meaningful procedures for youth to file grievances  

19. Central Valley Two year project (ongoing)
Approximately 12 probation departments in the Central Valley
Two rounds of training on background, needs and SOGIE data collection – line staff and T4T followed by group and individual coaching
Initial data analysis for the region to determine regional population of LGB/GNCT youth in detention
Upcoming: Linking SOGIE data questions to other data fields to identify specific points of disparity (arrest offense v. sustained offense, placements, etc.)
Creation of nondiscrimination policies

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Thank you & next steps
Learn more
Research and best practices about LGBTQ youth in the system - Impact Justice
Advocacy efforts and sign the pledge - Equality Federation
Research, litigation, and best practices - National Center for Lesbian Rights
Research and advocacy efforts - Youth First
Read and share the report - MAP
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