After Surviving Tough Border Crossing, I Want to Help Others
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I was 5 years old in 2007, when my mother left Mazatenango, our small village in southern Guatemala. Gangs run that town and evil runs everywhere.
Hub of Heroin: Portraits of a Teen, an Addict and a ‘Mayor’ Amid South Bronx Heroin Epidemic
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Chloe Rodriguez gazes down the sidewalk on East 150th Street. It’s dusk and she has shed her school uniform for a black hoodie. Her night shift, as a receptionist...
California Leaders Embrace Youth Voices, but Miss Opportunity for Major Reform
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The California Legislature ended its 2019 session by passing several juvenile justice reforms that will increase protections for youth and place much-needed limits...
Tessa Majors Case Shows Justice System Is About ‘Retribution,’ Expert Says
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The impact of the Tessa Majors case could shape juvenile justice policy nationally, said the director of the Research and Evaluation Center at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
Year of Coverage On How Communities Target Gun Violence
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The Center for Sustainable Journalism is covering how communities target gun violence through 2020. This video summarizes some of our coverage from 2019.
Our Florida County Learned How to Prevent Many Rearrests of Mentally Ill
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One doesn’t have to look far to find documented reports on the problem of mentally ill residents around the nation cycling through the criminal justice system without the benefit of mental health treatment. According to the Treatment Advocacy Center, law enforcement and jails have become the nation’s default psychiatric crisis response system.
Opponents of Raise the Age in New York Speak Out About Tessa Majors Murder
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In 1978, a 15-year-old boy named Willie Bosket shot and killed two men in separate incidents, both of which involved robberies. Bosket pleaded guilty to both murders and was sentenced to five years in prison, the longest sentence allowed under state law at the time.
Florida Legislature Needs to Find Courage to Change Law
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In 1999, the Florida Legislature reimposed mandatory minimum sentences for drug trafficking after repealing most of those same laws in 1993.
How Hospitals Are Helping to Reduce Gun Violence
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As a doctor in an emergency department that only sees children, I have the unfortunate experience of witnessing the impact of violence on our youngest members of society. Getting through adolescence is difficult enough, but for teens exposed to violence the transition to adulthood can be disrupted and even more difficult.
We Need to Examine Why Many People Released From Prison Then Die Quickly
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I remember every collapsing sensation in my body when I received the phone call notifying me of his death. I was 22, he was 23 — my boyfriend had died in a freak hiking accident. His loss was devastating to all of us who loved him. His loss was also tragic for the communities he could have continued to contribute to. The future potential of this young man was never fully realized. But I take comfort knowing that up until my boyfriend’s death, he was living freely, wildly and pursuing his dreams.