Alex Schneider is a senior manager on the Youth Justice Initiatives team at Columbia University’s Justice Lab, which is focused on ending the punitive youth prison model and investing in the communities hit hardest by youth incarceration. The Wellbeing Blueprint sat down with Alex to discuss his vision for the future of youth justice and meaningful actions anyone can take to push for real transformation.
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