Tommy Blog Washington Post Weighs In Supporting Tommy's Juvenile Confidentiality Amendments | Washington Post Weighs In Supporting Tommy's Juvenile Confidentiality Amendments |
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| Written by Charles Allen | |
| Tuesday, 22 June 2010 | |
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Check out the Washington Post today. They pen an editorial in support of the juvenile confidentiality changes that Tommy has been sponsoring. While confidentiality laws are important, the current laws in DC are so restrictive that they end up isolating a youth and family in need of help and compromise safety in our neighborhoods. School leaders, clergy, social services, and police can’t speak to one another to connect the dots and see when a youth is headed in the wrong direction and intervene before it’s too late and the child is arrested and working their way through the court system. Tommy moved an amendment last week to help break down the barriers of the juvenile confidentiality laws. That amendment comes up for a vote before Council this coming Tuesday, June 29th.
Readers have left 2 comments. (1) Untitled 2010-06-23 22:47:13 Charles, having read the June 22 editorial and your analysis of the editorial, you certainly have a more positive spin on the WP's statement. But you left off the last sentence which more or less sums up the WP's position on the Tommy amendment. That sentence is printed below. "The only question the council should be asking is whether the changes go far enough." I suspect the WP would like more changes to the restrictive juvenile confidentiality laws. (2) Untitled 2010-06-24 13:03:35 Frank, Great to hear from you and hope you're doing well. You're correct, the Washington Post asks whether the amendment should go any further. But as anyone who watched the fight on the dais last week -- when Tommy tried to amend the juvenile confidentiality laws to open them up a bit -- would note, its a tough battle to even get that passed. I read the Washington Post as trying to say to the Council that Tommy's amendment should be passed, and it should be discussed whether it should go even further. That's a conversation Tommy would welcome, but he wants to get these confidentiality reforms passed to make some headway on the issue. |
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