February 26, 2009
S. 435, Introduced by Senators Casey (D-PA) and Snowe (R-ME)On behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), a non-partisan
organization with more than a half million activists and members and 53
affiliates nationwide, we urge you to cosponsor the Youth Prison Reduction
through Opportunities, Mentoring, Intervention, Support, and Education
(“Youth PROMISE”) Act, recently introduced by Senators Robert Casey (DPA)
and Olympia Snowe (R-ME). This bipartisan legislation seeks to
address youth violence by providing resources to communities to pursue
comprehensive, evidence-based prevention and intervention strategies to
decrease juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity.
