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USA: One Heart hopes to disrupt path to prison for Indiana's juvenile offenders

A national non-profit plans to bring its juvenile reentry model to Indianapolis to help disrupt young adults’ path to prison.

The One Heart Project operates right now statewide in Texas and in the greater Kansas City area. Founder Steve Riach says the organization says the organization brings together the toolset, skills and resources to achieve a restorative justice model for young adults in the justice system that is currently “fragmented” in the U.S.

What that means, Riach said, is ensuring that when they leave juvenile detention, Marion County youth will have help finding a job and transportation, as well as ongoing support and mentorship.

Riach said just sending them home from jail isn’t always a step forward for some in the juvenile justice system.

“Home may be the place where they’ve gotten in trouble, where they’ve been abused – so home may not be a safe place,” Riach said.

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