Many juvenile ‘lifers’ freed
July 29, 2024
J.Z Bennett, a UC criminologist and champion of prison reform, is the lead author of a comprehensive study of incarcerated individuals under the age of 18 sentenced to life without parole. This first of its kind study, published in the Journal of Criminal Justice, looks at the demographics, sentencing, releases and life after incarceration for the juvenile offenders in the adult prison system.