OP-ED: Suspecting Parents Doesn’t Protect Kids — Training and Partnership Do
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Youth workers must learn that treating a parent with respect, rather than suspicion, ultimately benefits the child.
ACLU Pushes for Ban on Solitary Confinement of Youths in Federal Custody
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The ACLU released a new video on youth solitary confinement with a petition calling for a ban on the practice.
Merger of Adult and Juvenile Justice Divisions Has Some North Carolina Advocates Concerned
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Earlier this month, North Carolina’s Department of Public Safety announced the consolidation of its adult and juvenile correctional offices.
Effort Aims to Give Teens a ‘Second Chance’
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Wisconsin attorneys are pushing to undo a law -- enacted in the mid-1990s in reaction to a wave of juvenile crime -- that puts 17-year-olds in the adult criminal justice system. The State Bar of Wisconsin is one of the lead groups lobbying for the "Second Chance Bill," a proposal that would put first-time, nonviolent 17-year-old offenders through juvenile court rather than adult court, where offenders can be sentenced to jail or prison.
Discovery Imminent in Mississippi School-to-Prison Allegations
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Official interviews and evidence gathering will start soon in Meridian, Miss., a year after federal officials accused several agencies of operating a schoolhouse-to-jailhouse pipeline.
Massachusetts Increases Juvenile Court Jurisdiction to Include 17-Year-Olds
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Massachusetts now includes 17-year-olds in its juvenile justice system. Only 10 states remain which place 17-year-olds under adult court jurisdiction.
Why Do So Many Juvenile Suspects Confess to Crimes They Didn’t Commit?
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Justice came slowly for the “Englewood Four.”
Seventeen years after being convicted and imprisoned as teenagers for a rape and murder they did not commit, they were finally cleared by a judge.
OP-ED: Why Zero Tolerance Means More Kids in Jail
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The United States imprisons more people than any other country — and a staggering number are juveniles. Sadly, our school system is contributing to the problem. Too many children are denied their right to a quality education and instead set on a path toward failure and incarceration.
Getting Adults on Board for Alternatives to Locking Up Kids
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The idea of hauling young offenders into court — and hoping lockup will change them — no longer appeals to a host of experts who work in the juvenile criminal justice system.
New Pew Report Says National Juvenile Commitment Rates Fell by Nearly Half from 1997 until 2011
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The juvenile commitment rate in the United States dropped by 14 percent from 2010 to 2011.