Efforts Underway to Boost Low Juvenile Expungement Numbers
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Thousands of young adults are missing out on getting a clean start in life.
OP-ED: Racism and the Nation’s New Reality
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On white privilege and systemic racism in the juvenile justice system.
Bill Seeks to Stop States’ Detention of Status Offenders
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Under a bill pending in Congress states would be forbidden to lock up juveniles for status offenses.
OP-ED: For a Kid of Color, Unavoidable Contact With the Cops
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How a young man of color became a victim of a society filled with injustice, gang violence and police cruelty.
Question of Raising Criminal Age in Texas Fraught with Complexity
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There was broad agreement last week that the age at which the criminal courts consider Texans to be adults should be raised to 18.
North Carolina Foster Teen Languishes in Adult Jail for School Incident
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Did a foster-care teen need to be arrested by school police this month for alleged battery on a school bus? And then jailed for more than two weeks with adults long after a judge ordered her released?
The questions swirling around Selina Garcia, 17, of Raleigh, N.C. are part of a broader national debate over treatment of foster kids and the role of school police.
ACLU Wants Supreme Court to Review Shackling of Juveniles
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The ACLU of Ohio is asking the state’s highest court to stop the indiscriminate restraint of children in juvenile courts.
To Reduce Juvenile Recidivism at Rikers, New York City Bets on ABLE
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Jafar Abbas knows more than he’d like about recidivism – and its cruel costs. It robbed him of his youth, many prime years, too; more than a quarter century.
LGBTQ Youth Over-Represented Across Juvenile Justice System, Experts Say
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Alhough gay and transgender youth make up just 5 to 7 percent of the overall national population, LGBTQ youth represent up to 15 percent of the total juvenile justice population, according to a report by the Center for American Progress. And that may be a conservative estimate, experts say.
Juvenile Justice Resource Hub Adds New Section on Racial-Ethnic Fairness in the System:
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The new Juvenile Justice Resource Hub section on racial-ethnic fairness covers the persistent problem of racial and ethnic disparities in the juvenile justice system and details some promising reforms aimed at addressing this inequity, along with other research and best practices in this critical juvenile justice issue.