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It wasn’t until I had gotten locked up at the age of 18 that I began to willingly learn and deeply care about governmental law and politics. If you’d asked me anything about politics back in my high school days, I would’ve rudely responded with an answer expressing love only for my gang.
Have you heard of the Bordentown School? Founded by the Rev. Walter Rice, Bordentown — officially named the New Jersey Industrial and Manual Training School for Colored Youth — was a co-ed public boarding school for black students, run by the state of New Jersey between 1886 and 1955.
If you work in the world of juvenile corrections, you’ve read the stories: reports of a staff member sexually abusing or harassing a youth in confinement.
DMC (disproportionate minority contact) is no longer simply about the over-representation of black and brown youth in the juvenile justice system
Building a juvenile justice system that works is like a jigsaw puzzle, it takes time to put it together.
Juvenile detention and its practitioners have experienced landmark reforms due to research-driven changes and the operationalizing of philosophical changes in detention conditions and practice via the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI).
Most of the time, it’s best to ignore outrageous statements.
After all, if you tried to respond to every outrageous statement this president makes, well, you would just be exhausted.
“I went to the halls at a young age — not too street smart. I came out with a lot more anger at the system due to mistreatment of the youth.”
Adolescents involved in the juvenile justice system are commonly referred to mental health services in order to address the behaviors that led them to legal involvement in the first place.
Juvenile justice in America is akin to a roller coaster ride — when it goes up, it always goes down, and with kids screaming.