The Youth First Justice Collaborative seeks to end youth incarceration.
The state-mandated closure is the first on record for Utah’s “troubled teen industry”
“We demand investment in our children, not punishment," said David Utter, ACLU's lead counsel.
We criminalize really every aspect of Black and brown adolescence, Henning says.
"Our office has no actual authority over the facilities."
Personal experiences in the juvenile justice system shapes their advocacy of justice reform.
“The state opened up Pandora’s box and now we’re trying to manage this disaster.”
Gary Ivory is the first Black CEO of Youth Advocate Programs.
A report finds widening racial and geographic inequities in youth detention since the pandemic.
Shereen White, J.D. is the director of advocacy and policy at Children’s Rights.
“Nothing good really comes about after midnight," said Blakely, Georgia, Police Chief Will Caudill.
"I was condemned to prison to die in a cage at 17 years old."
At least 32,359 individuals are in U.S. prisons because of crimes committed as children.
Incarcerated Native American youth are exploring tribal history, culture and identity through ritual.
“Solitary confinement tried to break my soul," said Vidal Guzman Jr.
Most of the victims were boys, who, as a group, outnumber incarcerated girls.
Girls accounted for 31% of arrested youth in 2019, up from 18% in 1990.
Students and others across Denver rallied at the state Capitol Thursday for gun reform.
"Today doesn't feel like justice,” Smith's attorney Leroy Maxwell told news reporters.
Drug courts are a treatment-based model of diverting people from lockdown.