Found 92 matches.
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Press Release_October 2021_Youth Justice Action Month Press Conference
Tags: Federal | Advocacy | Media
Washington, DC – Advocacy groups and Members of Congress, including Representatives Tony Cárdenas (D- CA), Karen Bass (D- CA), and Bruce Westerman (R-AR) are urging the passage of bipartisan legislation to treat children like children in the federal criminal legal system. Congressman Cárdenas will appear at a press conference today at 10am ET alongside advocacy groups that include formerly incarcerated youth to discuss pending legislation at the House Triangle outside the U.S. Capitol Building.
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5 Tips for Telling the Story with Nuance, Balance and Dignity for Youth
Tags: Anti-Racism | Media | NJJN Publications
Five tips for journalists to avoid stereotyping youth and creating more context to the stories involving youth in the legal system. This tip sheet is part of NJJN's "Covering the Youth Justice Beat" media education series.
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1/11/18 – Letter in support of the Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne JAG) program. National Criminal Justice Association
Tags: Federal | Public Opinion and Messaging | Legislation | Media
Letter in support of the Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne JAG) program. National Criminal Justice Association
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2018_01_16 Child Welfare Juvenile Justice Opposition to Parent Child Separation Plan
Tags: Federal | Detention | Family and Youth Involvement | Immigration | International and Human Rights | Advocacy | Administrative/Regulatory Policies | Media
Urgent appeal to Sec. Nielsen, U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, to halt plans to separate children from parents when they arrive at or are found near the U.S. border.
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Trump Reverses Obama’s Ban on Military Weapons Program for Local Law Enforcement
Article by Grassfire
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Pitching Stories to Reporters
Tags: Media
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Seattle and King County leaders oppose youth detention center
Tags: Washington | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Fiscal Issues and Funding | Positive Youth Development and Strengths-Based Programming | Public Opinion and Messaging | School-to-Prison Pipeline | Restorative Justice | Media | Reports
The proposal to build Children and Family Justice Center (CFJC) in Seattle’s Central District must be redesigned to achieve ending the school-to-prison pipeline and ensure children and families in crisis are served with a model justice system.
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The governor has used his executive powers to help some New Yorkers who committed crimes in their youth
Tags: New York | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Family and Youth Involvement | General System Reform | Juvenile Defense and Court Process | Youth in the Adult System | Advocacy | Media | Reports
Efforts in Justice Reform: Gov. Andrew Cuomo has pardoned more than 100 New Yorkers who turned their lives around after criminal convictions at that young age.
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A stolen cellphone, then an odyssey through Maryland's juvenile justice system
Tags: Maryland | Aftercare/Reentry | Brain and Adolescent Development | Collateral Consequences | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Detention | Family and Youth Involvement | Institutional Conditions | Juvenile Defense and Court Process | Mental Health and Substance Abuse | Prevention | Victims | Restorative Justice | Correctional Education | Media | Reports
A thirteen year old boy was with a group of boys who had stolen a cell phone. The counsellors and attorney argued that restorative action be administered as a best outcome. The Judge disagreed and ordered a 90 day term in a juvenile detention.
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Missouri dooms countless children to the school-to-prison pipeline
Tags: Missouri | Collateral Consequences | Detention | School-to-Prison Pipeline | Media | Reports
The school-to-prison pipeline is about to get worse. Missouri will soon charge students who get into fights with felonies. A Missouri state statute that goes into effect on Jan. 1 will no longer treat fights in schools or buses as a minor offense, regardless of a young person’s age or grade. Instead, School Resource Officers (SROs) and local law enforcement will now intervene by arresting and charging them with assault in the third degree — a Class E felony.
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New Report Questions New Jersey’s Juvenile Justice System
Tags: New Jersey | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | Media
News story and video covering report on glaring racial disparities by NJJN member the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice; includes interview with Kathy Wright, an alumna of NJJN's fellowship institute.
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Parents, advocates plea for changes in Missouri's juvenile justice system
Tags: Missouri | Youth in the Adult System | Advocacy | Media | Presentations
Missouri is one of only seven states in the nation that has not passed a bill to raise the age of juvenile court jurisdiction to 18, according to the Campaign for Youth Justice.
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Indiana Child Re-sentenced for Murder: A sign of Juvenile Justice Reform?
Tags: Federal | Indiana | General System Reform | Youth in the Adult System | Restorative Justice | Media
An article about the shift in American juvenile Justices systems as child advocates calls for restorative justice to better keep children out of the adult system. This includes the passage of Paul's Law.
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Kids in Prison: Getting Tried as An Adult Depends on Skin Color
Tags: New Jersey | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | General System Reform | Youth in the Adult System | Media
Black teenagers in New Jersey are being tried as adults more than any other racial or ethnic group, resulting in harsher treatment and longer sentences. However, as of March 1st, 2016 minors in can not be sent to adult prisons and must at least start their sentences in juvenile facilities, though they may still be prosecuted as an adult.
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Do Black Kids Matter In Memphis?
Tags: Tennessee | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | Youth in the Adult System | Media
This article discusses issues of racial inequalities in the Memphis youth criminal justice system and the underlying systematic problems causing youth of color to be treated harshly.
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In Memphis, Youth Who Have Moved Through the School-to-Prison Pipeline Are Helping to Change It
Tags: Tennessee | Positive Youth Development and Strengths-Based Programming | School-to-Prison Pipeline | Media
Profile of a program run by Mahal Burr and Evan Morrison, who will receive a 2016 Award for Leadership in Youth Justice Reform from NJJN on July 26, 2016.
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For One Memphis Baker, Juvenile Justice Is Part of the Recipe
Tags: Tennessee | Aftercare/Reentry | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | General System Reform | Positive Youth Development and Strengths-Based Programming | Media
Profile of Lauren Wilson Young, recipient of the 2016 Award for Leadership in Juvenile Justice Reform from NJJN and JustCity.
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Criminal Justice Reform Tops the Agenda of This Memphis Legislator
Tags: Tennessee | General System Reform | Media
Profile of TN State Rep. Raumesh Akbari, who will receive a 2016 Award for Leadership in Juvenile Justice Reform from NJJN on July 26, 2016.
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Ban on Anti-Gay 'Therapy' Hailed as Step Against Hatred
Tags: Vermont | LGBTQ Youth | Media
In May 2016, Vermont became the fifth state to outlaw conversion therapy, a practice aimed at changing a person’s sexual or gender identity.
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Metropolitan Congregations for St. Louis, Break the Pipeline press packet, May 2016
Tags: Missouri | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | General System Reform | School-to-Prison Pipeline | Media
Press packet for launch of campaign to end the criminalization of youth of color.
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New Law Part of Effort to Block School-to-Prison Pipeline
Tags: Indiana | School-to-Prison Pipeline | Media
News story on efforts to address Indiana's school-to-prison pipeline. NJJN member, Children's Policy and Law Initiative of Indiana, interviewed.
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Victims Voices for Reform: 4 Crime Victim Advocates Weigh in on Changes to State Sentencing Laws
Tags: National | Victims | Media
In a growing number of states, crime victims and survivors are actively participating in the development of sentencing and corrections policies and funding decisions to help prevent others from being victimized. The reforms, many of which are part of the Justice Reinvestment Initiative (JRI), use data-driven strategies to hold offenders accountable, control costs, and protect public safety. In several states, these changes also have helped improve victim services, including notification systems that provide timely updates about offenders’ status within the criminal justice system.
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Law Court proposes change to restraint of juveniles in court
Tags: Maine | Institutional Conditions | Shackling | Media
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court seeks comments from the legal community and the public on a proposed rule change that would limit the shackling of juvenile defendants in criminal cases.
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Momentum builds to stop the automatic shackling of juveniles in court
Tags: Maine | Institutional Conditions | Shackling | Media
In some juvenile court systems around the country, young people regularly appear at hearings in handcuffs, leg irons, or both. But 21 states (five this year alone) have reformed such shackling practices through statute, court action, or policy.
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"Crimes of Children," The Atlantic
Tags: National | Sex Offender Registries | Media
In this long-form piece from the Atlantic, journalist Dylan Walsh focuses on the collateral consequences of youth placed on sex offender registries. The article features the story of a young man - Jean Karlo - who was deported to Mexico as a consequence of a Romeo & Juliet-type sex offense committed when he was 17.
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Maine Voices: Limit shackling of juveniles in court
Tags: Maine | Institutional Conditions | Shackling | Media
The time is past due for Maine to have a clear and publicly accessible policy for limiting the use of shackling juveniles in court.
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Handcuffs, shackles on juveniles rob kids of their self-esteem
Tags: Maine | Institutional Conditions | Shackling | Media
Teen testifies about how she saw herself as she assumed others saw her while she wore irons, a criminal, not a kid who had made a mistake.
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Maine Bills Would Restrict Shackling of Pregnant Women, Juveniles
Tags: Maine | Girls | Institutional Conditions | Shackling | Media
The Maine legislature considered two bills that would restrict the use of shackling of juveniles and pregnant women in custody.
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Protections proposed for pregnant inmates and juvenile defendants
Tags: Maine | Girls | Institutional Conditions | Shackling | Media
Maine lawmakers on the criminal justice committee heard two bills that deal with shackling inmates. The first prohibits restraints on youth in court in most cases.The second prohibits shackling pregnant inmates.
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Op-ed: Robbed of childhood and chances -- Ferguson and beyond
Tags: Missouri | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | Media
Op-ed by Mae Quinn in St. Louis Post-Dispatch. "Too many kids of color are robbed of their innocence by inhumane police practices and handed reduced life chances simply because of the color of their skin."
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Act-4-JJ Press Release: Bipartisan consensus on strengthening federal law to reduce incarceration, make state juvenile justice systems more fair, improve public safety
Tags: National | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | General System Reform | Status Offenses | Youth in the Adult System | Legislation | Media | Partner Publications
Act-4-JJ's press statement regarding the bill introduced on December 11, 2014 by Sens. Whitehouse and Grassley that would reauthorize the Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA).
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Press Release: JJDPA Reathorization Bill, December 2014
Tags: Iowa | Rhode Island | National | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | General System Reform | Status Offenses | Youth in the Adult System | Legislation | Media | NJJN Publications
A joint press release from the National Juvenile Justice Network and the Coalition for Juvenile Justice regarding the December 11, 2014 re-introduction of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA) by Sens. Whitehouse and Grassley.
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Open letter to Mayor of Ferguson: Amnesty would make amends
Tags: Missouri | General System Reform | Juvenile Defense and Court Process | Media
Letter to Mayor of Ferguson, MO re: reforming municipal court systems and their ongoing cycle of prosecution, financial penalty, warrant, arrest and jail with specific reference to impact on youth of color.
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Op-ed: Reflections on Justice After Ferguson, MO: When Will Youth of Color Receive the Same Due Process as Officer Darren Wilson?
Tags: Missouri | National | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | General System Reform | Juvenile Defense and Court Process | Media
Marsha Levick and Mae Quinn: If you had to choose between the protections afforded Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson and the treatment provided to most young black males in America, which would you demand for your child?
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Making the Case for Status Offense Systems Change: A Toolkit
Tags: National | Status Offenses | Media | Partner Publications
This toolkit from the Coalition for Juvenile Justice guides readers through talking points and arguments for reformers working on status offense systems change.
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USA Today: N.Y., N.C. consider changes to juvenile justice laws
Tags: North Carolina | New York | Youth in the Adult System | Media
USA Today article discussing New York and North Carolina's struggle to raise the age of adult court jurisdiction from 16.
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National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention Releases Life-Saving Juvenile Justice System Resources
Tags: National | Mental Health and Substance Abuse | Media
The National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention's resources regarding suicide prevention in the youth justice system.
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Throwing children in prison turns out to be a really bad idea
Tags: National | Crime Data and Statistics | School-to-Prison Pipeline | Media
The Washington Post ran this blog article in June, 2013, following research that showed that youth incarceration lowers graduation rates and increases the likelihood that the affected youth will recommit as adults.
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Beautiful Brains, David Dobbs, National Geographic Magazine
Tags: Brain and Adolescent Development | Media
Article discussing a more nuanced, strength-based interpretation of the brain research. Researchers believe that the very aspects of adolescence that adults tend to view as deficits are actually highly important adaptive traits designed to help adolescents prepare themselves for the adult world – and to ensure the survival of the species.
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WBEZ Chicago "Inside and Out" Series
Tags: Illinois | General System Reform | Media
Web site of WBEZ Chicago's "Inside and Out" series, profiling young people and the juvenile justice system in Illinois.
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The Blame Game: The Winner Loses and the Kids Are Hurt, Judge Steve Teske, Juvenile Justice Information Exchange
Tags: Georgia | School-to-Prison Pipeline | Media
Article calling for judges to more actively engage stakeholders in order to reduce arrests in schools.
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Improving Outcomes for Status Offenders in the JJDPA Reauthorization, Nancy Gannon Hornberger, Juvenile and Family Justice TODAY
Tags: Federal | Status Offenses | Media
Article gives an overview of the status of the reauthorization of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA) and the efforts phase out the valid court order (VCO) exception within the Act.
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Forgiving My Daughter's Killer, The Washington Post, Linda L. White
Tags: Life Without Parole and Parole Issues | Court Decisions and Related Documents | Media
Opinion editorial by a woman whose daughter was killed by two 15-year-old boys many years ago. The author discovered the humanity of these youth through the process of restorative justice and believes that the Supreme Court must go even further than they did in Graham v. Florida to allow all youth the opportunity for rehabilitation and release.
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The Dichotomy of Judicial Leadership: Working with the Community to Improve Outcomes for Status Youth, Judge Steven C. Teske (Georgia) and Judge J. Brian Huff (Alabama), Juvenile and Family Court Journal
Tags: Alabama | Georgia | Status Offenses | Media
The authors discuss the negative outcomes that arise from secure detention of status offenders and urge judges not to use detention as a default option.
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States Rethink 'Adult Time for Adult Crime,' Stephanie Chen, CNN.com
Tags: Connecticut | Youth in the Adult System | Media
Article about how teenagers who commit crimes at the age of 16 in Connecticut are no longer sent into the adult criminal justice system.
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Sending Children to Prison for Life: Our Laws Make Allowances for Juveniles’ Immaturity; Judges Should Too, Bernard Harcourt, Los Angeles Time
Tags: Life Without Parole and Parole Issues | Media
Opinion editorial arguing that judges should use their discretion in sentencing juvenile offenders and decline to give life without parole sentences.
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Why Juvenile Detention Makes Teens Worse, TIME, Maia Szalavitz
Tags: Detention | Institutional Conditions | Media
Magazine article reporting on recent research on the contagious effect of delinquent behavior in juvenile detention centers.
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Unjust and Ineffective, The Economist
Tags: Sex Offender Registries | Media
Cover story exposing the harsh and ineffective sex offender registry laws across the U.S.
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Nun Seeks to Free Youths Destined to Die in Prison, Des Moines Register
Tags: Iowa | Life Without Parole and Parole Issues | Media
Article profiling Sister JoAnne Talarico of the Iowa Coalition to Oppose Life Without the Possibility of Parole for Children.
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These Are Our Children, Sojourners Magazine, Liane Rozzell
Tags: Virginia | General System Reform | Media
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Jail a Child, Get a Job: America Hates Kids Part I, Chris Norwood, The Huffington Post
Tags: Privatization | Media
Opinion editorial on the increasing rates of youth criminalization.
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Missouri System Treats Juvenile Offenders with Lighter Hand, New York Times
Tags: Missouri | Institutional Conditions | Media
Article highlighting successful reforms in the Missouri juvenile justice system.
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Eleven Year Old Charged as an Adult, Pat Nolan, The Point
Tags: Life Without Parole and Parole Issues | Media
Blog condemning the practice of sentencing youth to prison for life without the possibility of parole. Article argues that sentencing must reflect the seriousness of the crime, but that it also must acknowledge that culpability can be substantially lessened due to the immaturity of the accused. Child offenders should be given the possibility of freedom one day when they have matured and shown their capacity for rehabilitation.
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Effort to Track Sex Offenders Draws Resistance, Abby Goodnough and Monica Davey, The New York Times
Tags: Federal | Sex Offender Registries | Media
Article discussing how an aggressive federal effort to keep track of sexual offenders is at risk of collapse because of objections from states and legal challenges from sex offenders and others.
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Defining "Cruel and Unusual" When Offender Is 13, Adam Liptak, The New York Times
Tags: Life Without Parole and Parole Issues | Media
Article addressing the case of a 13-year-old who was sentenced to life without parole for an alleged rape in 1989. Joe Sullivan, now 33, alleged before the United States Supreme Court that the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment extends to sentencing someone who was barely a teenager to die in prison for a crime that did not involve a killing. The article highlights the rarity of such a severe sentence for such a young individual who was not accused of killing.
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Seeking Justice for Crimes - and Youngsters, Guest Opinion, Beth Rosenberg, Tucson Citizen
Tags: Arizona | Youth in the Adult System | Media
Opinion editorial in the Tucson Citizen by Beth Rosenberg, the Director of Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice for the Children's Action Alliance in Arizona (an NJJN member), calls for reform of the way states deal with young juvenile offenders.
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Cities Try Wrangling Gangs with Civil Suits, USA Today
Article detailing how many jurisdictions are using civil injunctions to curb increasing gang violence. Cities in California, Texas, Illinois, and Minnesota utilize such gang injunctions. Additionally, the state legislatures of Florida and Massachusetts have opened the door for injunctions. Injunctions seek to keep gangs from gathering and holding meetings, which some civil rights experts say criminalizes ordinary daily activity.
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Juveniles Escape Trial in Adult Court: Judges Face Quandary in Cases of Young, Violent Offenders, Jon Murray, The Indianapolis Star
Tags: Indiana | Youth in the Adult System | Media
Article highlighting the decisions of a Marion County judge, who since 2005 has declined to grant three waivers to prosecutors seeking to try youth charged with murder as adults.
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Take a Cue from Illinois on Child Defendants: Michigan Sadly Falls Behind on Representation, Elizabeth Arnovits, Lansing State Journal Editorial
Tags: Michigan | Juvenile Defense and Court Process | Media
Opinion editorial citing a study from the National Legal Aid and Defender Association noting that "juvenile justice representation is considered in many ways an afterthought all across the state of Michigan."
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Some Progress on Kids and Jails, The New York Times
Tags: Youth in the Adult System | Media
Editorial highlighting a study by the National Council on Crime and Delinquency, which shows that the number of minors being held in adult facilities has decreased by 38 percent since 1999. Because of reductions in juvenile crime and arrests, among other factors, the number of children held in juvenile facilities also fell. The editorial notes, however, that many youth are still incarcerated inappropriately for status offenses or substance abuse issues.
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The Case for Juvenile Courts, The New York Times
Tags: Youth in the Adult System | Media
Editorial pushing state legislatures to move away from trying youth as adults, due to the dangers of adult facilities and the special needs of juvenile offenders.
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Disparities in Juvenile Justice System, New Hampshire Public Radio
Tags: New Hampshire | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | Media
Statistics from the New Hampshire Division of Juvenile Justice show that children in New Hampshire between the ages of 10-17 are three times more likely to be arrested than white 10-17 year olds. The statistics also show that Hispanic kids who have been arrested are twice as likely to have their cases go to court as their white counterparts. A committee made up of police officers, judges and advocates has begun to investigate the root causes of the disparity and to hold any individuals responsible accountable.
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Help Closer to Home, New York Times Editorial
Tags: New York | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Deinstitutionalization | Media
Newspaper article discussing the need to close unneeded juvenile centers in New York and instead invest the money in community-based programs.
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Protecting America's Children, Corrinne A. Carey, The Washington Times
Tags: Sex Offender Registries | Media
Article about how harsher juvenile sex offender laws are unnecessary and discussing that the country needs “smarter” juvenile sex offender laws.
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Get Smarter, Not Tougher, Dealing with Youth Crime, Beth Arnovits, The Detroit Free Press
Tags: Michigan | Youth in the Adult System | Media
Opinion editorial encouraging the Michigan legislature to impose laws that are better equipped to deal with juvenile offenders rather than laws that are harsher on juvenile offenders.
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Juvenile Sex Offenders Marked for Life, Claudia Rowe, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Tags: Sex Offender Registries | Media
Newspaper article about how sex offenses committed by juveniles follow them for their entire lives, even if the youth didn’t realize that what they were doing was a crime at the time in which they engaged in the behavior.
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Childish Behavior; Criminal Behavior, The Huntsville Times Op-Ed
Tags: Alabama | School-to-Prison Pipeline | Media
Opinion editorial discussing how schools should embrace alternatives to the juvenile justice system for youth with school-related disciplinary problems.
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He's a Man, as Charged, Laura Sessions Stepp, Washington Post
Tags: Brain and Adolescent Development | Youth in the Adult System | Media
Newspaper article discussing the implications of trying adolescents as adults and brain development research.
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Nevada's Sex Offender Laws Being Reviewed, Associated Press
Tags: Nevada | Sex Offender Registries | Media
Article about the Nevada legislature's response to a court finding that parts of the Adam Walsh Act are unconstitutional.
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Sex Abuse and Violence at Teen Jails, CNN
Tags: Detention | Institutional Conditions | Media
CNN article describing various instances of violence in youth detention centers around the country.
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For Little Children, Grown-Up Labels as Sexual Harassers, Brigid Schulte, The Washington Post
Tags: Sex Offender Registries | Media
Article about how “sexual touching” arising out of innocent childhood play can follow a child all the way through adolescence and into adulthood.
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Sex Offender Registries Called Too Harsh for Juveniles, Lisa Sandberg, Houston Chronicle
Tags: Texas | Sex Offender Registries | Media
Article about how the Texas legislature considered juvenile sex offender registration and notification laws too harsh.
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Will States Say "No" to Sex Offender Registries?, John Gramlich, Stateline.org
Tags: Sex Offender Registries | Media
Article discussing state issues with being forced to comply with the Adam Walsh Act.
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States Are Rethinking Treating Juvenile Offenders Like Adults, Associated Press
Tags: Youth in the Adult System | Media
Article about how some states are declining to prosecute juvenile offenders as adults because of research indicating that juvenile offenders who go through the adult system end up with worse outcomes than juvenile offenders that stay in the juvenile justice system.
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California a Leader in Number of Youths in Prison for Life, Henry Weinstein, Los Angeles Times
Tags: California | Life Without Parole and Parole Issues | Media
Article about how a significant portion of inmates in California and around the country are serving life sentences for crimes they committed as juveniles.
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Too Young to Die in Prison, The Baltimore Sun
Tags: Maryland | Life Without Parole and Parole Issues | Media
Editorial arguing that juveniles who are sentenced to life without parole are condemned to "a death sentence without an executioner."
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Lifers as Teenagers, Now Seeking Second Chance, Adam Liptak, The New York Times
Tags: Life Without Parole and Parole Issues | Media
Article about how life without parole sentences for juvenile offenders are commonplace in the United States, but unique in a global context.
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Turning Kids Into Sex Offenders, John Stossel, Townhall.com
Tags: Sex Offender Registries | Media
Article about how touching on the part of children can be construed as sexually offensive and turn an otherwise innocent child into an alleged sex offender.
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Youth Voices in Juvenile Justice Reform, Ed Finkel, Youth Today
Tags: Family and Youth Involvement | Media
Article chronicling how youth are getting involved in the fight for juvenile justice system reform around the country.
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How Can You Distinguish a Budding Pedophile from a Kid with Real Boundary Problems?, Maggie Jones, New York Times Magazine
Tags: Sex Offender Registries | Media
Cover story about the different reasons why youth might commit sex offenses, laws governing such acts, and how such youth should be handled.
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RI Prosecutes 17-Year-Olds to Save Money, Eric Tucker, Associated Press
Tags: Rhode Island | Youth in the Adult System | Media
Article about how Rhode Island passed a law to prosecute 17-year old youth offenders as adults in order to save money on juvenile services. Article discusses backlash to the law.
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Lawsuit Filed Over Treatment of Girls at State Reform Schools in Mississippi, Adam Nossiter, New York Times
Tags: Missouri | Girls | Media
New York Times article about a lawsuit filed on behalf of female youth offenders who were subjected to abusive conditions at their Mississippi reform school.
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Lawsuit Filed Over Treatment of Girls at State Reform Schools in Mississippi, New York Times
Tags: Mississippi | Girls | Institutional Conditions | Court Decisions and Related Documents | Media
New York Times article about a lawsuit filed on behalf of female youth offenders who were subjected to abusive conditions at their Mississippi reform school.
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South Dakota to Improve Treatment of Native American Youth in School, ACLU Press Release
Tags: South Dakota | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | Media
The ACLU and Winner School District agreed to a settlement to end the harsh treatment of Native American youth.
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Should Teens Get Life Prison Terms?, Ronald J. Hansen, The Detroit News
Tags: Michigan | Life Without Parole and Parole Issues | Media
Article discussing implications for juvenile offenders sentenced to life without parole in Michigan.
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Sex Crimes Break the Lock on Juvenile Records, Martha T. Moore, USA Today
Tags: Sex Offender Registries | Media
Article discussing both the pros and cons of juvenile sex offender notification and registry laws.
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Life-Without-Parole Youth Terms Scrutinized, David Eggert, The Detroit News
Tags: International | Michigan | International and Human Rights | Life Without Parole and Parole Issues | Media
Short article on the United Nations review of Michigan's use of juvenile life without parole.
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Widely Predicted Teen Crime Wave Never Happened, Mercury News
Tags: Crime Data and Statistics | Media
Article detailing how the predicted youth crime rate never came to fruition based on a variety of factors. Overall conclusion is that youth crime has seen its “sharpest decline in modern history.”
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Don't Discard Youthful Offenders, David Berger, The Washington Post
Tags: Life Without Parole and Parole Issues | Media
Article discouraging life without parole sentences for juvenile offenders.
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Kids as Young as 12 Are Being Put on the Kansas Sex Offender Web Site, KAKE News, Kansas
Tags: Kansas | Sex Offender Registries | Media
Story profiling the consequences of placing youth on sex offender registries.
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The At-Risk-Youth Industry, Jennifer Washburn, The Atlantic Monthly
Tags: Privatization | Media
Article examining the pitfalls of privatizing services for at-risk youth.
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Juvenile Justice Matters, Weekly Radio Show of Campaign for Youth Justice
Tags: Youth in the Adult System | Media
Thirty-minute weekly radio show focusing on juvenile justice issues and featuring interviews with parents, young people and experts. The show airs over the internet at 4:30 p.m. EST each week, normally on Thursdays. Phone calls are taken during the show; the call-in number for Juvenile Justice Matters is (347) 843-4360.