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PRESS ADVISORY

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, April 19, 20001

Contact: Laura Jones, 202-737-7270, x254, cell: 202-425-4659
Jason Ziedenberg, 202-737-7270, x232, 202-210-2489

Illinois Youth Drug Prosecutions Called Most Racially Unfair in the Nation

99% of Youth Sent Adult Court System From Cook County Are African American or Latino

Press Conference Phone Call Releases New Report's Findings on Nation's Worst Youth Drug Law

National Expert Joined by Illinois Faith Community, Civil Rights Community and Others

What: Press Conference Phone Call to Release New Report on Nation's Most Racially Unfair Youth Drug Law.

Who: Jason Ziedenberg, Report Author and Senior Policy Analyst at the Justice Policy Institute and Building Blocks for Youth; Randolph G. Stone, Director of the University of Chicago's Mandel Legal Aid Clinic; Rev. Charles Collin, CEO Martin Luther King Jr. Center, Freeport Others

When: April 25, 10:00 AM CST (11:00 AM EST).

How: Call in number: 800 680 9685
Leader: Laura Jones
Security Code: Laura Jones

Building Blocks for Youth is a national alliance of children's advocates, researchers, law enforcement professionals and community organizers that seeks to protect minority youth in the justice system and promote rational and effective justice policies.


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