The mission of the Hawai'i Juvenile Justice Project is to develop a state-wide collaborative network -- including public and private agencies, community groups and families -- to work on the reduction of children inappropriately detained at the Hawai'i Youth Correctional Facility (HYCF), redirect public funds towards greater use of alternatives to incarceration and make other systemic improvements to the juvenile justice system so that more children will be successfully reunited with their families and communities
U.S. Department of Justice issues findings on HYCF:
Department of Justice Report
ACLU Press Release
Past Community Meetings
"Kids Behind Bars - Rethinking Juvenile Justice in Hawai`i"
- March 4, 2004: Honolulu-Blaisdell Arena
- May 20, 2004: Waianae-Community Center
- July 20, 2004: Kahalu`u-K.E.Y. Project
Hawai'i Juvenile Justice Project Members (ongoing formation) as of 08.16.04
Private Groups and Individuals:
- ACLU of Hawai'i/Jory Watland, Vanessa Chong
- Blueprint for Change/Lydia Hardie
- Bobby Benson Center
- Catholic Charities Hawai'i/Janice Churma
- Citizens Liaison Committee of HYCF/Jack Sullivan
- Community Alliance on Prisons/Kat Brady
- Hawai'i Foster Youth Coalition/Cynthia White
- Hale Kipa /Punky Pletan-Cross
- Hale 'Opio Kaua'i, Inc. /Mary Lou Barela
- Hawai`i Autism Society/Naomi Grossman
- Hawai'i Families as Allies/Vicky Followell
- Hawai'i Foster Youth Coalition/Rhonda Nichols & Cynthia White
- Hawai'i Intergenerational Network/Mae Mendelson
- Hawai'i Psychiatric Medical Association/Dr. Lili Kelly
- Hawai'i Youth Services Network /Judith Clark
- Hina Mauka /Andy Anderson
- Kamehameha Schools/Kalei Kailihiwa
- Learning Disabilities Assoc. of Hawai'i/Josie Mullis
- Maui Youth and Family Services, Inc. /Gail Gnazzo
- Marimed Foundation /Kimberly Day
- National Association of Social Workers, Hawai'i Chapter/Debbie Shimizu
- Queen Lili‘uokalani Children's Center/Susan Wada
- Sisters Offering Support/Adina Stevens
- The Interfaith Alliance of Hawai'i/Reverend Sam Cox
- Volunteer Legal Services Hawai'i -Na Keiki Law Center /Annabel Murray
- (national) Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice/Dan Macallair
- (national) Legal Services for Children/Abigail Trillin
- (national) Pacific Juvenile Defender Center-Project of ABA Juvenile Justice Center/Abigail Trillin
- (national) Youth Law Center/Sue Burrell
- Sesnita Moepono
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division/Christina Donkervoet
- Office of the Prosecuting Attorney/Jay Kimura, Hilo
- Office of Hawaiian Affairs/OHA Trustee Oswald Stender
- Office of Public Defender/Carolyn Brown
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