Creating a More Equitable and Effective Juvenile Justice System
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We know that young offenders are different from adults and that incarcerating them perpetuates cycles of trauma and inequality that do us all more harm than good.
Philadelphia No. 2 Cop to Expand School Diversion Program Via Major Fellowship
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The program, in place at more than 200 Philadelphia schools since 2014, is an alternative to the zero tolerance approach to school safety that has resulted in more arrests but not a decrease in behavioral incidents.
Black Girls Are Being Pushed Out of the Classroom
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We have a pressing discipline problem that begins in classrooms and for far too many children ends in prison.
The Secret Behind Youth Justice Reform: Youth
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We sometimes skip class, talk back to teachers and experiment with marijuana. I was shocked to learn that in some areas of the United States teens are arrested and detained for these minor offenses.
Juvenile justice reform organizations fail to recognize the power of empathy between kids. There are a lot of us — 41 million — and we can make a difference.
7 Organizations Get Awards for Programs for Girls in Juvenile Justice System
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Seven organizations will have a chance to further their efforts to help girls in the justice system thanks to more than $650,000 in funding from the National Girls Initiative.
Documentary Aims Spotlight on Broken Juvenile Justice System
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She was 11 and in the sixth grade when she went to jail, eventually landing in solitary confinement. Nicole never imagined a petty fight at her Louisiana middle school would lead to years behind bars.
Juvenile Defense Attorneys Badly Need Specialized Training, Higher Fees
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I sat in the back of the courtroom, waiting for my case to be called, and internally rolled my eyes over the attorney at the defense counsel table, a notoriously unprepared lawyer.
Virtual World Video of True Story
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A youth justice advocate's childhood encounter with a violent police officer is told via a virtual world machinima, which is a method of making animated film using software similar to that for video games.
What Science, Common Sense Tell Us About Kids and the Law
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We prohibit young people from engaging in a whole host of things because we feel they lack the maturity to fully grasp the potential consequences of their actions. In spite of this, we support the idea that an adolescent who commits a violent act has somehow overcome the well-known cognitive and behavioral limitations of their age and should now, in the eyes of the court, be seen as an adult.
Youth Voices Are Central to Effort to Reauthorize JJDPA
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October is Youth Justice Awareness Month, and as consensus builds in the Senate and the House around the need for criminal justice reform, the effort to reauthorize the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA) is gaining momentum.