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Law Department's participation in interagency efforts to reduce youth detention
3:37:18
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Council Member Restler inquires about the Law Department's involvement in interagency efforts to reduce youth detention. Muriel Goode-Trufant confirms their active participation in such initiatives.
- The Law Department participates in partnerships across various agencies and with the courts.
- They are proactively engaging with communities to guide youth towards better paths.
- The goal is to encounter youth in classrooms rather than courtrooms.
Muriel Goode-Trufant
3:37:18
Absolutely.
3:37:19
We participate in a number of partnerships with across the various agencies and with the courts.
3:37:28
And we are also proactively in the community trying to direct youth on better paths so that they don't encounter us in a courtroom, they encounter us in a classroom.
Lincoln Restler
3:37:43
Yeah.