Building Brighter Futures: A Spotlight on theMount Vernon Emerging Adult Justice Program
The bailiff for Courtroom A at the Mount Vernon City Court pushes aside the large door of the entryway. It is a bright, warm day in early October, and sun light streams through the hallway windows and onto the heads of half a dozen people waiting outside the courtroom. The bailiff invites them to come in. On the schedule is a conference session with the Honorable Judge Tamika A. Coverdale. There are eight cases on the docket that are part of the Mount Vernon Emerging Adult Justice part of...