Juvenile Justice Information Exchange (https://jjie.org/category/ideas-and-opinions/page/72/)
Growing concern over zero tolerance policies in schools across the country and their contribution to the school-to-prison pipeline has shed light on a common pathway into the juvenile justice system — school misbehavior.
In my generation, there is no going outside to play
We have to hustle hard to make sure we have a place to stay.
Maybe it is time to talk not just about the lack of money but making better use of what we have as we search for more.
What will it take to lift this population of young people out of the “remnants of reform”?
I quit feeling bad for myself once I started looking at life from somebody else's perspective.
When I was on the inside, I felt as if the courts saw me only as a number instead of by my name and face. I felt as if I had no voice.
The latest step in the tragic case in which two 12-year old girls were charged with stabbing a classmate multiple times was taken when a judge determined that the case should be kept in adult court.
How can I forgive you and not myself?
I can’t forgive myself, yet I can forgive everybody else.
I forgive you for never being there.
I forgive you for never acting like you cared.
I couldn’t face my mom. I was hoping the operator would come and save me again. This time I would definitely hang up.
Forty-five years ago, the most dramatic — and successful — juvenile deinstitutionalization effort in the history of American jurisprudence began.