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Political Science The Vera Institute of Justice deals with many issues in the world such as policing, corrections, sentencing, and much more. The one that I found most interesting was the Institutions for Youth. Vera is a non-profit organization that sponsors criminal justice programs. It is trying to propose new ways to help today’s youth. For example, instead of always focusing on what they do wrong, we should support the students into wanting to make better choices for themselves. The Adolescent Portable Therapy (APT) is a new treatment program for young offenders with drug habits. APT works with kids inside New York City detention centers and upstate institutions, and then continues treating them in their home communities. This is a way that they can keep close ties with the community instead of being thrown out into another family and community. When foster children get arrested, who shows up for them? Well, it is the job of the child’s welfare system to help them but police usually do not know that the child is in foster care and therefore, do not know who to call. This leads to overcrowding and costly money spent on juvenile jails. Even if police do call the foster parents, parents are sometimes