Marion County prosecutor details plan to keep more children out of juvenile detention

INDIANAPOLIS, Marion County — Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears detailed a program on Thursday that would give low-level, non-violent juvenile offenders a second chance to avoid the criminal justice system.

The “Second Chance Program” will partner with Boys & Girls Clubs of Indianapolis.

Instead of a nonviolent juvenile offender ending up in the criminal justice system, they will get a one-year membership to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Indianapolis.