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6 <br /> 1 Chair Bedford reviewed the third item on the Board's list of priority legislative issues: <br /> 2 <br /> 3 Racial Equity in Criminal Justice — Support continued consideration and implementation, <br /> 4 where practicable, of the recommendations of the North Carolina Task Force for Racial Equity in <br /> 5 Criminal Justice (TREC), including: <br /> 6 • legislation to legalize the possession and use of marijuana and permit licensed <br /> 7 businesses to engage in retail sales to adults, as this decriminalization will in turn <br /> 8 broaden the agricultural economy and jobs as well as enhance revenue for governments <br /> 9 with taxes, licenses, and other associated revenues that can be utilized to address <br /> 10 opioid and other drug-related problems and other needs; <br /> 11 • policing reforms to address use of force, community oversight and law enforcement <br /> 12 training on crisis intervention; <br /> 13 • Funding at the county level to expand access to diversion and restorative justice <br /> 14 programs; <br /> 15 • the reduction of fines, fees and costs in criminal court, noting that such fines, fees and <br /> 16 costs disproportionately impact people of color and people of low income; and <br /> 17 • the decompression of Juvenile Justice salaries. <br /> 18 <br /> 19 Commissioner Richards said some commissioners attended the Justice Advisory <br /> 20 Council and received a presentation from Crystal Wynn-Lewis of the North Carolina Department <br /> 21 of Public Safety on the state of youth in the juvenile system. She said 16-17 year olds in North <br /> 22 Carolina are 54% white, 24% African American, and 17% Latino, but white adolescents make <br /> 23 up 29% of complaints, African American adolescents make up 58% of complaints, and Latino <br /> 24 adolescents make up 9% of complaints. She said there were 33,000 complaints last period <br /> 25 total. She said of those adolescents who were diverted, 47% were white, 33% were African <br /> 26 American. She said the types of complaints were broken down into categories including violent, <br /> 27 serious, and age-related. Orange County offenses were more violent and serious than state <br /> 28 statistics. She said that African American adolescents were 2.8 times more likely to be <br /> 29 complained against across the State, but 5 times more likely in Orange County. She said in <br /> 30 Orange County white kids make up 61% of the population and 24% of complaints, but African <br /> 31 American kids make by 12% of the population and 67% of complaints. She said the numbers <br /> 32 that lead to confinement are small across the state except when it comes to African Americans. <br /> 33 She said there were only around 100 kids with complaints in Orange County, so there should be <br /> 34 very specific help for them and their families. She said this information plus the "opportunity <br /> 35 gap" makes her concerned about what is going on in this county. <br /> 36 Commissioner Hamilton said the causality is needed in order to reach a conclusion. <br /> 37 Commissioner Richards said her point is that with only 100 kids, they should be able to <br /> 38 find that out. <br /> 39 Commissioner Hamilton said the question is what agency can do that kind of analysis. <br /> 40 Commissioner Richards said the county should take that initiative to understand why. <br /> 41 She said she believes there's enough energy and resources in this county to inform people of <br /> 42 the numbers, and then figuring out what to do. She said she brought this up here in case there <br /> 43 are things the legislative delegation can do to collaborate on this. <br /> 44 Chair Bedford said this relates to the Governor's Task Force for Racial Equity in Criminal <br /> 45 Justice. <br /> 46 Representative Price asked what year the data was from. <br /> 47 Chair Bedford said 2021. <br /> 48 Representative Price said COVID was a factor as well then. She said when they worked <br /> 49 on raising the age of the juvenile jurisdiction, one of the issues was need to have a program for <br /> 50 people to go into in lieu of the adult prison, and there is nothing automatically set up. She said <br /> 51 the situation has gotten much worse for young people since COVID. She said she would also <br />
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