Everyone: Join the campaign to propose rehabilitation instead of “incarceration" to North Carolina legislature.
Teachers: Commit to enforcing alternative disciplinary methods (to avoid student expulsion or suspension) through programs like Right Moves.
Why is this important?
Majority of my peers spend their leisure time in school, participating in athletics, or establishing a social life; they are not plotting, executing, and contemplating the consequences of criminal activity. These are the primary reasons why adolescents should be given alternative trials and consequences; they do not share the same mental capabilities as adults, so they should be regarded as one.
