NO TURNING BACK

No Turning Back: Promising Approaches to Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities Affecting Youth of Color in the Justice System, Washington, D.C.: Building Blocks for Youth, 2005.
Youth of color make up one-third of all youth in America, but two-thirds of youth in juvenile detention facilities. African-American, Latino, and other youth of color are more likely to be locked up than white youth, even when charged with the same types of offenses. No Turning Back: Promising Approaches to Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities Affecting Youth of Color in the Justice System, a new report by the Building Blocks for Youth initiative, documents effective strategies by advocates, policymakers, and public officials to reduce inequities in the justice system. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the issue of racial justice has returned to the forefront of the national agenda. This report shows progress in the struggle for a fair and effective youth justice system and provides often-moving accounts of successful change in recent years from Massachusetts to California, from Louisiana to Washington State. No Turning Back catalogues the strategies used by system insiders as well as outside advocates, including research, legislation, community organizing, media advocacy, and litigation.