N.Y. Governor Takes Stance on Juvenile Justice

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo recently released a statement supporting a plan to abolish the placement of teenage prisoners within adult prisons.

The State of New York is still one of the only state’s in the country that still houses teenage prisoners with adults, and Cuomo has verbally expressed his discontent with the subject.

“This is one of those issues that has gone on for a long, long time without resolution,” said Cuomo.

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