Community town hall address silent link between drugs, violence

Community town hall address silent link between drugs, violence

LJ Young remembers the exact moment the criminal justice system changed her life. She was a straight-A student, a mother and in the throes of postpartum depression when an emotional outburst led to a domestic incident. She turned herself in, accepted responsibility and expected to complete community service.  Instead, she was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, jailed for four months in Harris County and placed on probation for…