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The Clean Slate
Initiative (HB4084 and SB978), legislation introduced in Springfield,
will break down the barriers to opportunity by requiring the state to
automatically clear certain juvenile arrest records every year.
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A mere arrest
- even if no charges were filed - can impact a youth for the rest of his or her
life.
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Having an
arrest record can block a young person from jobs, housing, scholarships, and
college - critical opportunities that every youth deserves.
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Youth can
clear their arrest records, but the process is complicated, time consuming,
expensive.
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Just expunging
one arrest can cost up to $164, not including paying for any legal
services.
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Just last
year, only 400 people successfully cleared their records - yet there were 21,000
juvenile arrests.
Do you believe
that young people who are arrested but never charged deserve a clean
slate?
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