Youth Facing Adult Jail Time now Excels in Alternative Program
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Although Daryl was only 15 years old at the time of his arrest, he was charged and tried as an adult.
Scott Budnick: From the Hangover movies to Juvenile Justice Reform
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Sitting in on a creative writing course led by Inside Out Writers, Scott Budnick, the producer behind the Hangover movies, decided to spend the rest of his life working towards juvenile justice reform.
Giving Kids a Choice: Interview with Adam Foss at 2013 Models for Change Conference
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An interview with Adam Foss, a juvenile prosecutor with the Suffolk county district attorney’s office in Boston.
NCCD Receives Grant to Explore Juvenile Justice Funding Model
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“The general purpose of this grant is, really at a high level, to engage potential government partners at the county-level, and engage and educate them about the Pay for Success opportunities in these two areas."
Confronting Bias in the Juvenile Justice System
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Whether through “disproportionate minority contact” or unequal treatment in the juvenile judicial process, young people of color often face bias, panelists and audience members agreed Tuesday at a workshop at the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation’s eighth annual Models for Change National Working Conference.
A Day in New York Juvenile Court
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In just one day spent in the juvenile court, orders of protection are issued, as well as plenty of warrants for defendants who fail to show up.
Center Aims to Keep Status Offenders Out of Courts
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In Calcasieu Parish, La., a one-stop “Multi-Agency Resource Center” under the Office of Juvenile Justice Services serves as a centralized intake point for families in need of services. Interventions like this are part of a growing effort to keep youths out of court for “status offenses” such as truancy, running away from home or drinking alcohol. Now there’s a vast new online resource for jurisdictions seeking alternatives to the courts for status offenses. The Status Offense Reform Center, launched Friday by the Center on Youth Justice at the nonprofit Vera Institute of Justice, brings together step-by-step guides to the reform process, case studies from the field, advice from experts on handling status offenses, a huge online library and other resources.
A Juvenile Public Defender and the ‘Untreated’ Disease of Poverty
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Public defender Drayton refuses to view his young indigent clients as “the problem” -- rather, he believes their actions are symptomatic of a much larger issue within many U.S. communities.
Since Sandy Hook, Tracking Mental Health Changes Nationwide
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Funds for mental health budgets were slashed a combined $4 billion from 2008 to 2012. In the wake of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School last December experts have watched that trend sharply reverse.
An Overwhelmed System: A Day in the Life of a Juvenile Public Defender
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To provide insight into the shadowy world of juvenile public defense, JJIE spent a day trailing juvenile public defender Pinkney at the Alameda County Juvenile Justice Center, atop a hill in this city in the East Bay, just south of Oakland.