INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Feb. 9, 2015) — A Marion County judge sent a letter to school superintendents urging them to cut down on the arrest of kids at school.
Judge Marilyn Moores said that with turnover in administrations and the rise in arrests, she felt it necessary to crack down on an existing policy.
“Locking up kids is not the right way to solve this problem,” Moores said.
Moores said schools are arresting more kids and bringing them to Marion County Juvenile Detention on violations of school code, instead of the law.
An average of 1,500 kids are sent to the detention center each year, Moores said, with roughly 80 percent of those never being charged or sentenced.