SmartJustice, a group within the Prison Reform Trust that campaigns for more effective alternatives to custody, hopes to launch its SmartJustice for Young People campaign this autumn. The group is seeking funding for the project and is in negotiations with potential partners.
The campaign will be based on the arts, using work created by young people to express their views about crime.
Lucie Russell, director of SmartJustice, said art had been chosen because it is easy for young people to present their ideas in this way, and creating art can be a positive experience. She said: "The art will be created by young people who are at risk of offending, or offenders themselves. The kind of issues we'd like young people to be creating art pieces about are the causes of offending, and the demonisation of young people in the press."
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