Making Juvenile Justice

The first article is “Making Juvenile Justice LGBT-Friendly”. This article is by J.B. Wogan, and was published March 2016. Approximately ten years ago, the first lawsuit targeting the treatment of LGBT juveniles was addressed in the state of Hawaii. During which time, the American Civil Liberties Union states that three youths that were being held at the Hawaii Youth Correctional Facility had unfortunately been harassed, and even abused, because of their gender identity, and sexual orientation. It is said that the supervisors and administrators that were responsible for these minors blatantly ignored these transgressions. A federal district court judge had ruled in the American Civil Liberties Union’s favor. In doing so, the case forced the
Casey foundation released a document addressing the policy changes that would aid LGBT detainee’s protection, as well as basic human respect. According to the Annie E. Casey Foundation, “Summarizes research on the impact of family rejection and societal bias on the health and well-being of LGBT youth, the drivers that contribute to their disproportionate contact with the justice system and the harmful and unfair practices to which they are subjected in the system. (Annie E. Casey Foundation). These are all just small steps to what changes must be made in the greater scheme of things; The American criminal justice system takes small time offenders, and makes them hardened, multiple offence, criminals. The main focal point of the American criminal justice system is punishment, instead of rehabilitation. Minority groups, such as LGBT individuals face much more discrimination within their lives, as well as in the criminal justice system. LGBT individuals face supplementary hardships than cisgender, heterosexual people to begin with. According to the Williams Institute, “at least 40 percent of homeless youth identify as LGBT”. (Staff Writers, The Williams
It was published on March 19, 2016. The organization of “openthebooks.com” was hounding California’s chief financial officer, also known as the Controller of California, for the line-by-line state vendor payments. This organization has been demanding the spending records of California to be made public for over two years. The last two Controllers of California, John Change and Betty Yee, have told the organization to terminate their surveying of the California checkbook, saying that the records are inaccessible. What the Controller of California is doing is undoubtedly illegal. These records in question should be accessible through California’s open records law. The taxpayers have heard over and over again, that the government “lacks the funds to do such things”. When in fact, he amount of money in question is no small change. The state of California spends approximately a quarter trillion dollars annually. The organization is asking where the money is then going to. The Controller of California thereby responding with the refusal to release such records. So the focal question is, why won’t the Controller of California allow the public to access these records? When doing so, the Controller is breaking the law. The only answer to this is the Controller of California does not want to air their dirty laundry.For example, when the spending records were brought to