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The 193rd General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Emerging Adults in the Criminal Justice System

Date Time Topic Location Status Bills
1/22/2019 2:00 PM Topics the Task Force is Charged with Examining: A. The Task Force shall evaluate the advisability, feasibility and impact of changing the age of juvenile court jurisdiction to defendants younger than 21 years of age. B. The Task Force shall also make recommendations for the establishment, implementation and provision to young adults, aged 18 to 24, who have been committed to the Department of Correction or a County correctional facility with increased and targeted age-appropriate programming and the establishment of young adult correctional units. 428 Completed
2/12/2019 2:30 PM Emerging Adults in the Criminal Justice System Task Force House Member's Lounge Canceled
2/28/2019 2:30 PM Emerging Adults in the Criminal Justice System Task Force Second Meeting -- Presentation on the Brain Science of Youth Development 428 Completed
3/18/2019 1:30 PM Third Meeting -- Emerging Adults in the Criminal Justice System Task Force 428 Completed
4/8/2019 1:30 PM Emerging Adults in the Criminal Justice System Task Force -- 4th meeting 428 Completed
5/6/2019 10:30 AM Fifth Meeting -- Emerging Adults in the Criminal Justice System Task Force --- *Members of the public may email David.Coscia@mahouse.gov for directions to the DYS secure facility. The building is fully accessible. Members of the public will be asked to show ID, sign-in and be screened by metal detectors. Department of Youth Services -- Boston Facility Site Visit Completed
6/18/2019 10:30 AM Sixth Meeting PACT Unit and UTECH Middlesex HOC and UTECH Lowell Middlesec HOC and UTECH Completed
7/30/2019 1:00 PM Emerging Adults in the Criminal Justice System Task Force -- Eighth Meeting 428 Completed
9/24/2019 1:30 PM Emerging Adults in the Criminal Justice System Task Force Ninth Meeting 1:30pm - September 24, 2019 House Members Lounge, Massachusetts State House House Member's Lounge Completed
10/28/2019 12:30 PM Tenth Meeting 12:30pm – October 28th, 2019 State House Room 428 24 Beacon Street Boston, MA 02133 428 Completed
11/18/2019 1:00 PM Emerging Adults in the Criminal Justice System Task Force -- Eleventh Meeting 1:00PM – November 18th, 2019 State House Room 222 222 Completed