Raise the Age: Keep Children Out of the Adult System

        Action for Children advocates for all minors (under age 18) charged with a crime to start in the juvenile justice system, with

judges retaining their current authority to transfer youth to the adult system for any felony.

        North Carolina is one of only two states in the nation that prosecute all 16- and 17-year-olds charged with a crime in the adult

criminal justice system, regardless of the severity of their alleged crimes.

        Below are several links to the Raise The Age Campaign and Action for Children. Please, if you are over the age of 18, sign

the petition . If you are under 18, we advise you get a social worker, dss employee, adult supporter, or some other adult to sign

the petition in place of yourself so you voice can still be counted.

        http://www.change.org/petitions/view/get_children_out_of_the_adult_system_justice_for_juveniles

        http://www.ncchild.org/issue/safety/main-area-of-work/raise-age-keep-children-out-adult-system

        http://www.ncchild.org/