California’s Closure of DJJ Is Victory With Significant Challenges
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the closure of the state’s youth justice system, the Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ), with the release of his revised state budget...
With Raise the Age Accomplished, Advocates Look to Transfers, Reparations
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Now that every state has passed laws to raise the age at which youth can be automatically shifted to adult court and facilities, isn’t there some cause for a relaxation...
Raise the Age Advocates Eye Controversial New Goal — 20 — But Are Met With Stiff Resistance
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Few seem to be disputing the brain science that suggests that the impulsivity of adolescence lingers well into technical adulthood. Even so, opposing camps, in both...
From Washington State to Florida, Coronavirus Changes Juvenile Corrections
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As the U.S. enters its fourth month of battling the coronavirus pandemic, states continue to evaluate ways to redirect new juvenile cases and monitor inmates. The juvenile justice system is teeming.
Correctional Health Is Public Health: Jails and Prisons Are Vectors For COVID-19
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As of April 8, Chicago’s Cook County Jail was the top cluster for the virus that causes COVID-19 in the U.S. As of today, it’s the Marion Correctional Institution in Marion, Ohio, according to data compiled by the New York Times.
3 Strategies to Reduce Confinement for Kids of Color Show Promising Results
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Though it’s been 12 years since I visited, an image from a juvenile confinement facility in Alabama remains vivid in my mind’s eye: a simple wall, visible from a glass control room, separating two identical wings of small concrete cells.
Moratorium on Juvenile Court Fees and Fines Can Ease Family Burdens During COVID-19
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As the COVID-19 pandemic explodes into a full-blown public health and economic crisis, states around the country are beginning to recognize that now is not the time to assess and collect fees and fines in the criminal legal system. These emergency reforms are win-win: Families keep the money they need for daily survival, and criminal courts free up their time and attention to concentrate on more pressing issues.
Imprisoned on Drug Charges, Woman Seeks COVID Clemency
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Sandra Lawson was only months away from graduating high school when she found out her grandfather had died.
NC Youth Detention Workers Get COVID Tests, But No Widespread Plans to Test Juveniles
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When coronavirus blazed through Neuse Correctional Institution in Goldsboro, N.C., in mid-April, the North Carolina Department of Public Safety (DPS) tested everyone. At last count, the prison had 467 positive cases out of 701 men tested.
Opinion: Incarceration Increases Young Black Men’s Risk of Repeatedly Being Violently Injured
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In 2016, my colleagues and I wrote a paper that examined risk factors for repeat violent injury among black men in Baltimore that was published in the Journal of Surgical Research. The data we used for our analysis was collected from a questionnaire about risk factors for repeat violent injury.