NOTING: That the majority of persons arrested are males between 10-30 years suffering such social injustices as poverty, racism, poor education;
FURTHER NOTING: That public pressure for punishment has resulted in barbaric prison and jail systems productive of more crime;
BE IT RESOLVED: The General Assembly urges its members and member societies undertake programs to:
- Educate members and non-members on the failure and inhumanity of punishment and on existing local, state and federal detention facilities and prisons;
- Stimulate reforms of the present systems of criminal law and justice, giving emphasis to all rehabilitative services;
- Reform practices of pre-trial justice, including bail bond programs or others where local efforts can have substantial effect.