RISE for Youth is a nonpartisan campaign committed to dismantling the youth prison model by promoting the creation of community-based alternatives to youth incarceration. Our work centers the voices of impacted youth and communities and challenges racial injustice in Virginia.
Virginia must provide all young people with the opportunities they deserve to learn and grow from their mistakes. The Healthy Communities Secure Care Legislation will ensure that Virginia is following the best documented practices for youth justice, and departing from a racist and destructive status quo. This legislation ensures that young people who need secure care receive it in small facilities of 30 beds or less and located in the communities the youth are from. Further, this legislation helps us move in the direction of creating deep sustainable public safety that combines investment in young people with investment in the communities where they live.
In her recent column for the ACLU Virginia, RISE for Youth Executive Director Valerie Slater, Esq. outlines the importance of support for HB 274 in an effort to heal the hurting and build healthy communities for all youth and families in Virginia: Speaking plainly,
ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY, Va. – The Isle of Wight Board of Supervisors has voted to stop negotiations to provide land to the state to build a new youth prison. Valerie Slater, Esq., RISE for Youth Executive Director, released the following statement in
The Young Turks Cenk Uygur spoke with Imoni Ane Anderson, activist with RISE For Youth.
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — A new group is joining the fight against a proposed juvenile detention center in Isle of Wight County, saying they are concerned the project isn’t “closer” to their backyard. At a meeting hosted by the
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