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All posts tagged "Juvenile Justice"
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1.7KFrom the BureausAs COVID-19 lingers, some juveniles facilities rate better than others in health safety
So far, juvenile facilities — 789 of the 1,510 nationwide are detention centers or long-term secure facilities, the remainder are group homes,...
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2.4KNewsNew Mexico court reiterates need for sentencing reform in granting parole to juvenile lifer
Michael Brown, who was expected to spend the rest of his life behind bars, had been serving one of the state’s longest...
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1.7KFrom the BureausQ&A: Long Island diversion court’s revamp seeks collaboration among trauma-focused child welfare and juvenile agencies and youths’ families
Launched in summer 2021 as an expansion of the incarceration-diversion program, Long Island, N.Y.'s ConcepTS also stands for “collaboration, oversight, nurturing, community,...
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1.2KNewsHenry Montgomery, at center of juvenile life debate, is free
The Louisiana inmate whose Supreme Court case was instrumental in extending the possibility of freedom to hundreds of people sentenced to life...
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2.0K► ReportsOn the brink: Conditions in California’s Division of Juvenile Justice remain bleak as closure nears
The Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice (CJCJ) releases a new report discussing the poor conditions and practices that still persist in...
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1.9KNewsWith windfall, city tries to reach kids trapped in violence
After a pandemic year when the violent crime rate in Illinois' fifth-largest city soared along with much of the rest of the...
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2.3KNewsBlack children were jailed for a crime that doesn’t exist. Almost nothing happened to the adults in charge.
Among cases referred to juvenile court, the statewide average in Tennessee for how often children were locked up was 5%. In Rutherford...
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7.3KNewsBehind bars since age 16, juvenile lifer watches New Mexico struggle over sentencing reform
Michael is one of dozens of people in New Mexico who received what juvenile justice reformists call “de-facto life sentences” — sentences...
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1.9KNewsNew law gives juvenile offenders in Washington state same rights to a lawyer that adults have
Defendants who are 18 years old and younger will have the same access to legal counsel as adults in Washington, starting next...
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1.6K► ReportsReport: Juveniles in pioneering San Francisco detention diversion project were less likely to re-offend than youths on probation
Juvenile offenders participating in a 30-year-old project diverting youth from detention to community-based programs were less likely to cycle back into incarceration...
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1.8KFrom the BureausAmid nationwide debate about police in schools, a few districts recently disbanded those units
For Madeline Borrelli, a special education teacher in Brooklyn, N.Y., having NYPD-trained law enforcement officers in schools is a cut-and-dry issue: “School...
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3.4K► ReportsBlack disparities in youth incarceration
The Sentencing Project discusses the latest data on racial disparities in youth incarceration across the country.
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1.2K► ReportsDisparities in tribal youth incarceration
The Sentencing Project discusses the latest data on racial disparities in youth incarceration across the country.
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1.1K► ReportsLatinx disparities in youth incarceration
The Sentencing Project discusses the latest data on racial disparities in youth incarceration across the country.
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1.6KFrom the BureausNonprofits push parole reform and housing for parolees
Some among the 3,614 formerly incarcerated persons living in city shelters in 2019, as one example, spent stints in city jails for...
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1.2KFrom the BureausNew York project aims to narrow gap between minority versus white juvies sent to community programs, not prison
A project aiming to grant more Black and brown youth entry to community-based programs that are an alternative to juvenile incarceration will...
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1.4KFrom the BureausHomicide likely to be only crime charged to New Yorkers under 12
Unless accused of criminally negligent homicide, no child younger than 12 could be legally arrested, detained or brought before a judge, according...
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1.4KFrom the BureausNYC parade honors essential youth workers
During the rollercoaster ride of a pandemic, it was Maxene Foster’s job to help make sure that cash-strapped Bronx residents got fed,...
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1.6K► ReportsBringing more teens home: Raising the age without expanding secure confinement in the youth justice system
The Sentencing Project releases a new report discussing the success of states which implemented "raise the age" reforms in their justice systems,...
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1.5KNewsSouth Carolina Juvenile Prison Workers Walk Out In Protest
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — About two dozen correctional officers and teachers at South Carolina’s beleaguered juvenile justice agency joined an impromptu walkout...
