[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 83 (Thursday, May 13, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H2296]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    JUVENILE CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, as we speak about criminal justice 
reform, sometimes children and juveniles are missing--many in the 
juvenile criminal justice system.
  Today, in the Committee on the Judiciary, we had a powerful hearing 
that spoke about the integrating of juveniles into a new system and to 
ensure that we move forward on preventing juveniles from serving in the 
same facilities as adults; to not in any way cede to a sentence of a 
life without parole; and to realize the best life for juveniles who may 
have had a detour, who may have been traumatized, who may have, because 
of the non-maturity of their brain, done something wrong.
  But there is a life after. And we should look for those systems that 
integrate that juvenile back into society. Intervention. And after the 
incarceration, to be able to bring them to a point where they can be 
contributing to our society.
  That is what we are going to move on, the House Committee on the 
Judiciary. I encourage my colleagues to join us, because our juveniles 
are not our tomorrows; they are our todays.

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