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Alyssa Rodriguez, a male-to-female transgender teen, sued New York’s Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) in 2006 over her treatment while in their custody.
Too many kids are starting to use alcohol and drugs, addiction rates are soaring and lives are being destroyed. Now is the pivotal moment to bring these issues front and center.
Facing a budget shortfall of $54.5 million, Florida’s DJJ may end up closing some detention centers to cover its losses.
In a bid to decongest the nation’s overpopulated prisons, the Obama administration has proposed leniency for certain drug cases.
Leaders and experts explore using brain science to craft new juvenile justice policies at a forum at the National Conference of State Legislatures.
Many cases speak to the need for reform to ensure the rights of young suspects are protected during police questioning.
The MacArthur Foundation announced it will increase its juvenile justice reform funding by some $15 million, a major part of which will be used to establish the new Models for Change Resource Center Partnership.
“Right now there are no go-to places to get the kind of information, resources, toolkits, [and] access to colleagues who have ‘been there done that,’” for would-be juvenile justice reform advocates, said Laurie Garduque, director of justice reform for the MacArthur Foundation.
“As the so-called ‘war on drugs’ enters its fifth decade, we need to ask whether it, and the approaches that comprise it, have been truly effective,” Holder stated.
COVINGTON, Ga. -- This small community to the east of Atlanta isn’t necessarily the kind of locale one would associate with progressive juvenile justice policies. Yet here, deep in the rustic Georgian countryside, the local juvenile court has embraced an innovative model where keeping kids out of trouble, the courtroom and especially detention has become an utmost priority.
Is Calif. lock-up deliberately and illegally depriving wards of education as part of a solitary-confinement regimen?