2015 Juvenile Justice Model Site Visit

Meeting Recap

The National Conference of State Legislatures held a Juvenile Justice Model Site Visit for state legislators from all over the country in Charleston, S.C., on June 14-16.

The meeting, convened through a partnership with NCSL and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, provided an opportunity for state legislators to learn from local leaders about South Carolina’s youth reforms and from national experts on mental health and juvenile justice defense models. The group also toured AMIKids in Beaufort, a model nonprofit residential placement program that gives troubled youth opportunities to transform into responsible young adults. A group of young men led a PowerPoint presentation and tour of the facility, showing legislators how they build boats, catch crabs, go to school, swim, weld and develop leadership skills that help to change the trajectories of their lives.

At the conclusion of the meeting, the group participated in a legislator roundtable where they reviewed and reflected on the information they had obtained over the previous few days.

Meeting Agenda and Online Resources

Sunday, June 14

Dinner and Welcome Reception

See photos from the event here. If you would like to download any of the photos, please use this password: ncsl

See a video from the event here. The password is ncsl.

Welcome: Anne Teigen, NCSL

Charleston Welcome: Senator Michael Fair

MacArthur Foundation Welcome: Soledad McGrath

 

MONDAY, JUNE 15

South Carolina Juvenile Justice Reforms	Resources
Speaker Sylvia Murray, director of South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice Respondents Senator Michael Fair, chairman of Senate Corrections and Penology Committee, S.C. JJ Gentry, staff attorney for Senate Judiciary Committee, S.C.	Models for Change Resource Center Partnership South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice Presentation, Sylvia Murray, PDF
Juvenile Mental Health: Policy Reforms and Trends   Moderator Sarah Brown, NCSL Speakers Dr. Robert Kinscherff, William James College, Senior Associate at the National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice Representative Diane Larson, North Dakota	National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice Presentation, Dr. Robert Kinscherff, PDF
Site Visit AMI-Kids, Beaufort, SC   Speaker on bus OB Stander, president and CEO of AMI-Kids Heyword Golden, vice president of Operations AMI-Kids Host and Guide Steven Crisp, executive director, AMI-Kids Beaufort, S.C. James W. Boozer, chairman of the Board, AMI-Kids, Beaufort, S.C. Questions and Wrapup Anne Teigen, NCSL	AMI-Kids

Tuesday, June 16

Session	Resources
Role of Defense Council and Indigent Defense   Moderator Anne Teigen, NCSL   Speakers Patricia Puritz, National Juvenile Defender Center Representative Pete Lee, Colorado	National Juvenile Defender Center
Legislator State Planning Round Table   Facilitators Sarah Brown, Anne Teigen, NCSL