Howard basketball wants to help the youth of Washington D.C., here’s the plan | HBCU Sports

February 05, 2024

D.C. Policy Center

On February 2, 2024, a D.C. Voices article was cited by HBCU Sports:

According to a report from the D.C. Policy Center, a non-partisan think tank, between 2016 and 2022, the Metropolitan Police Department averaged 2,235 arrests per year under the age of 18. This arrest rate is nearly twice that of across most of the country over that same period.

Additional reading: D.C. Voices: Juvenile Justice

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Howard basketball wants to help the youth of Washington D.C., here’s the plan | HBCU Sports

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