Homeless and Queer: A Vampire in Brooklyn
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Faith Alastair’s experience with homelessness is the first of three stories on LGBTQ homeless youth as reported by the JJIE’s New York City Bureau. They use gender-neutral pronouns.
Brooklyn Students, NYPD Work Together on Their Neighborhoods
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Dana Rachlin and other activists around juvenile justice have been waiting a long time for the city to limit police involvement in the schools.
New York Theater Stages ‘Antigone in Ferguson’
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The Greek play “Antigone” tells the story of a defiant woman sentenced to death by a king who refuses to practice mercy. After a bitter civil war that pitched brother against brother, newly crowned Creon honors one with burial and leaves the other to rot.
Legislation for New York State to Review Convictions Starts Political Life Cycle
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Jabbar Washington wasn’t nervous. The crack cocaine found in the hallway of the Tilden Housing project wasn’t his and he was sure the police would believe him when he said as much. He was a good kid, with great parents, who had had a good childhood in the projects.
New York City Bill That Would Tweak Gang Database Gets Heated Hearing
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In the early morning hours of April 27, 2016, Kraig Lewis was up late studying for his statistics final. A graduate student at the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut with only nine credits left until completing his MBA, Lewis planned to go to law school next. At about 4 a.m., Bridgeport Police banged on his door.
Ideas for State Advisory Groups in New Report From CJJ
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Best practices for state advisory groups as federal grant money has diminished is the focus of a new report from the Coalition for Juvenile Justice.
Baton Rouge Witness Challenges Police Over Shooting of Black Man
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The young woman sat on a mattress in the middle of the floor of her bedroom in North Baton Rouge. Open in front of her was the diary she started after her friend, Jordan Frazier, was shot and killed by a Baton Rouge Police officer during a traffic stop. The entry was dated June 27, 2017, just more than a week after his death.
Advocates Hope NY Court Ruling on Warrants for Foster Youth Leads to Reform
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Christina Young remembers the day the cops came for her at school.
She was fifteen years old -- a sophomore at Murry Bergtraum High School for Business in lower Manhattan. She and four of her friends were sitting together at a table in the school’s large and chaotic cafeteria.
With Plunging Crime Rate, New York Experts Dreaming Big
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When the moderator informally polled the audience at a criminal justice discussion held at the New York Law School on whether probation and parole should be abolished, almost half the audience — mostly criminal justice practitioners and stakeholders — raised their hands.
Youth Corrections Officials Launch Campaign to Shut All Youth Prisons
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A group of current and former corrections officials announced a campaign Wednesday to close the country’s remaining youth prisons and to...