On Thursday, August 11th, a local organization will host a meeting concerning juvenile justice. The meeting will take place at the C. Blythe Andrews, Jr. Public Library, 2607 E. M. L. King, Jr. Blvd., beginning at 6 p.m.<\/p>\n
Ms. Carolyn Ransom<\/strong>, spokesperson for Families Seeking Justice said a recent law passed turns over the Juvenile Detention Centers to the Sheriffs of each respective county. However, her organization feels that individuals who work with adults have not been trained to work with juveniles.<\/p>\n She further stated, \u201cThrough the efforts of Sherriff Grady Judd<\/strong> in Polk County, Senate Bill 2112 recently passed allowing Sheriffs in all counties to operate their?local Juvenile Detention Centers in the adult jails. What does this mean for our community?”<\/p>\n \u201cHe (Sheriff Judd<\/strong>) is trying to get control of Hillsborough County, Sarasota, Polk County, and others in the area. If you know anything about him, then you know we don\u2019t want him in charge of our children.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Sheriff\u2019s Department refuses to apply Department of Juvenile Justice standards that recognize the? difference between adults and children; the Florida Sheriffs Association thus far has rejected attempts to maintain juvenile specific standards; and our children are at risk of being maced, tasered, or injured by officers who are not trained to work with children.\u201d<\/p>\n She also stated there are many roles that parents can fill including making telephone calls or flyers.<\/p>\n The event is free and open to the public. Dinner will also be served. Anyone who would like to obtain additional information can call or text (813) 957-2748.[private]<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n Several guest speakers, including the Southern Poverty Law Center and local political leaders have also been invited to attend the meeting.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cWe must take a stand for our children. We actually believe that our children are our future. If we really believe this, then we are going to have to step up! We are calling on parents who have children in the system to come out and voice their concerns and share with us. We cannot, not do anything, we have to do something.\u201d<\/p>\n Ms. Ransom<\/strong> further stated that the meeting is not just for those who feel that something wrong took place while their child was in the system. She wants to hear from those who are satisfied with the manner in which their child was treated.[\/private]<\/strong><\/p>\n ***Look for full story in Tuesday’s Sentinel<\/em>***<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On Thursday, August 11th, a local organization will host a meeting concerning juvenile justice. The meeting will take place at the C. Blythe Andrews, Jr. Public Library, 2607 E. M. L. King, Jr. Blvd., beginning at 6 p.m. Ms. Carolyn Ransom, spokesperson for Families Seeking Justice said a recent law passed turns over the Juvenile […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":210,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/210"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8977\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}