Behind Systems in America

Here Mackenzie talks about mental health in the foster system and how it affects everyone.

https://www.ncsl.org/research/human-services/child-welfare.aspx

https://thriveworks.com/blog/moving-tough-kids-impact-mental-health/#:~:text=Kids%20who%20have%20moved%20five,over%20the%20age%20of%20five.

Here Nora speaks about the history of policing in America and how this affects many people of color.

White House Report on Reforming the incarceration system 

https://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/cold-call-examining-race-and-mass-incarceration-in-the-united-states

examining race and mass incarceration in the United States 

How slavery morphed into today's Carceral state 

The racist roots of American policing: From slave patrols to traffic stops

Baltimore sun: War on Drugs 

List of police reforms related to the George Floyd protests

Data about police violence in the US 

Here Mackenzie speaks about the different programs in the foster system

https://wearecasa.org/

https://www.fc2success.org/

https://greatnonprofits.org/categories/view/foster-care

This is Nora's intro to her project about Mass incarceration in America and how it affects People of Color.

Oxford Bibliographies definition of Mass Incarceration 

How slavery morphed into today's Carceral state 

Baltimore sun: War on Drugs 

This is Nora's episode about juvenile courts, how school systems of lead to mass amount of minors in court, and the over criminalization of children  of color.

Racial Disparities in Youth Commitments and Arrests

Part from the book: Race, Crime, and Juvenile Justice: The Issue of Racial Disparity 

Youth of color disproportionately represented in the justice system

The school to prison pipeline, explained

New Report Calls Out Gross Racial Disparities in Juvenile Justice System

Rethinking Solitary Confinement for Juveniles

Many Juvenile Jails Are Now Almost Entirely Filled With Young People of Color

Juvenile Age of Jurisdiction and Transfer to Adult Court Laws

This is Mackenzie's intro to her project about Foster children and how the system works.