New York Brings Juvenile Justice ‘Close to Home’
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New York’s juvenile justice system is slowly being overhauled by Gov. Cuomo’s Close To Home initiative, a set of proposals to keep youth close to their communities.
Aiming to Change Attitudes on a Tight Budget
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In order for 18-year-old Ashley Carroll to turn her prison cell resolution into a reality she had the help of a transition program that helps children in the city’s juvenile system.
Being Female in a System Designed for Boys
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While the majority of youth offenders are male, the nation’s juvenile justice system is dealing with more and more girls. In 2010, girls made up 29 percent of all juvenile arrests nationwide.
VIDEO: Life After Foster Care
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Aging Out: Life After Foster Care from Lindsay Armstrong on Vimeo. NEW YORK -- When Cordale Manning came to live with Elaine and Lee Fair at age 17, he was on his fourth foster home in as many years. The Fairs had a simple philosophy: as soon as a child entered their home, he or she became family. After countless family dinners, long conversations and moments of shared laughter, Manning started to believe them. However, a small voice still nagged in his mind. He worried that at 21, the age of independence, the Fairs would let him go and he would be alone.
Struggles and Successes, Voices From the Foster Care System
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NEW YORK -- Every time he combs his hair, Tomas Rios sees the scar. It happened when he was 12 years old, his seventh year in the New York City foster care system. By then, he’d already shuffled through a few different neglectful and violent families. By then, it all felt like routine. “I was living in one of the more abusive homes I’d ever been in,” Rios said.
[Audio] One Tattoo At a Time, One Doctor’s Quest to Erase the Past
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Dr. David Ores erases unwanted gang and prison tattoos for free.
Looking at the Odds for Illinois’ Youngest Offenders – and the Efforts to Arrest Recidivism
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Recidivism rates at Illinois detention centers are projected be above 40% in 2013.
In One Brooklyn Courtroom, Teens are Judge and Jury
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In a Red Hook, NY courtroom the offender, lawyer, prosecution, judge and the jury are all teenagers.
The Urban Institute: A Look at Human, Health and Incarceration Costs of Warring Against Drugs
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Much of today’s jail and prison population is young people arrested on drug offenses, many so heavily into narcotics that they are considered mentally ill.
A Day in Family Court
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NEW YORK -- Daphne Culler whispered the words from the courtroom visitor’s bench, so quietly practically no one could hear.
“Just relax,” she said.
Culler, her face impassive, never broke eye contact with her daughter, who sat across the room at the witness table.
The 15-year-old, who was accused of assaulting a shop owner, mumbled each answer. Twice the judge told her to speak up. Her demeanor alternated between anxiety and annoyance at the repeated questions, a quick smile sometimes flashing across her face until the next question called her to attention.