A graphic novel that helps young people who’ve been arrested advocate for themselves

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Advocates from the Center for Court Innovation's Youth Justice Board spoke at the project's launch event.

The juvenile legal system is a complex one. When a young person is arrested, no one tells them what’s about to happen to them, let alone how they can best advocate for themselves. The result is that many youth who enter the system end up with avoidable penalties, and on a path that very often leads back to the legal system. 
The Center for Court Innovation proposed this poster as part of CUP’s Making Policy Public series because they wanted to create an outreach tool that would help young people navigate the maze of New York’s juvenile legal system, and they wanted to use a medium that would really make it accessible to youth. CUP collaborated with the Center and graphic novelist Danica Novgorodoff to create I Got Arrested! Now What?, a readable explanation of an incredibly complicated process.

Two spreads from the project that show a young persons journey through the legal system after getting arrested.

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MPP I Got Arrested

CUP
<a href="https://welcometocup.org/people/john-mangin">John Mangin</a><a href="https://welcometocup.org/people/christine-gaspar"> Christine Gaspar</a>

Community Partners
<a href="https://welcometocup.org/people/center-for-justice-innovation">The Center For Court Innovation</a> Linda Baird Dory Hack Colin Lentz
The Youth Justice Board Ashley, Claudia, Imani, Joanelly, Johanel, Josh, Khaair, N’dack, Olivia, Phelipe, Ronique, Shahid, Shanna, Sunny, Zeinah

 NYC Department of Probation Stacye Spear Eileen Donohue

Designer
<a href="https://welcometocup.org/people/danica-novgorodoff">Danica Novgorodoff</a>

Project Collaborators

<h4> Special Thanks </h4>
Angela Albertus, Liberty Aldrich, Raye Barbieri, Greg Berman, Matthew Canfield, Nancy Fishman, Melissa Gelber, Gineen Gray, Hon. Joseph Lauria, David Long, Valeria Mogilevich, Joseph Peña, Natalie Rodriguez, Jacqueline Sherman, Alfred Siegel, Robert Wolf, Rosten Woo, Hon. Nancy Bannon, Meredith Donovan, Hon. Monica Drinane, Hon. Lee Elkins, Rodolfo Estrada, Robert Feldstein, Gerald Foley, Dianna Guerin, Yasna Heravi, Hon. Fran Lubo, Edward March, Yumari Martinez, Angela Merrill, Shernette Pink, Miriam Simon-Henry, Samantha Sorwick, Nicole Spain, Tamara Steckler, Michele Sviridoff, Steven Wint
<h4>Product Details</h4>
8″ × 11″ color pamphlet; unfolds to 22″ × 32″ poster
<h4>Funding Support</h4>
This project was made possible by the Nathan Cummings Foundation; public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, and the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council; the North Star Fund; and the Union Square Awards, a project of the Tides Center. <h4> </h4>

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