Juvenile Justice Week in Review: From Juvenile Detention to Golden Gloves

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“Fighters today just hit, run and hold. Jalil is going to stand there and bring it to you.”

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Will This Be the Year JJDPA is Reauthorized? Forty years after its birth, the landmark federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act could be reauthorized by Congress this year.  >> Read Full Story

OP-ED: Stop Sentencing Kids to Life Without Parole Jurisdictions across the country should stop sentencing kids to spend the rest of their lives in detention. . >> Read Full Story

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OP-ED: Fitting Juvenile Justice into the 'Public Policy Puzzle'
When I learned Michael Botticelli had been selected to be the director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, I happened to be reading an excellent book on the topics that will be on his mind every day on the job and for the rest of my life.

OP-ED: We Need the Legalization of Being Black
I have sometimes imagined that because of my time in prison I can understand what it is like to be black in the United States. I lived for nearly 25 years under conditions of control, viewed with suspicion and presumed dangerous.

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