Youth Today
Opinion
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The Kid Brain and the Adult Criminal Justice System
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was 19 when he and his brother, aged 26, allegedly carried out the Boston Marathon Bombing and a slew of...
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1.3KVictim Blaming and the Reality of Sexual Violence
Sexual violence against girls (and women) is an accepted part of American culture, particularly when carried out by privileged males. This is...
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Top Headlines 1/06
Juvenile Justice Applying juvenile reforms that work to adult detention. Georgia juvenile corrections officers have 57 percent annual turnover rate. Education Kentucky...
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Top Stories 12/18
Juvenile Justice Troubled Texas juvenile facility to be closed, but some staff remain. Examining girls’ paths to delinquency. Education U.S. DOE to...
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Top Headlines 11/21
Juvenile Justice Op-Ed: Some kids deserve adult punishment. Three teens begin hearings in Memphis murder trial. Education DOE teams with unions to...
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Prison is No Place to Grow Up: Why Every State Must Enact Juvenile Justice Reforms
Most of us know at least a few young teens — 15-, 16-, 17-year-olds. A son or daughter. A niece or nephew. ...
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OP-ED: “Prisoners for Profit” Reveals Corruption and Abuse
Being a prisoner isn’t easy. Prisons in the United States, including juvenile prisons, are terrible places to be. Despite the conservative trope...
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OP-ED: A Better Way to Be in the World
Georgia Conflict Center, where I work as Executive Director, shares offices with several other nonprofits. We get to know the other folks...
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1.5KIt’s Time to Expect Professional Youth Work
When I worked my first shift at a residential treatment center nearly 30 years ago, I was provided a set of keys...
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Storyteller Network Gives Faces, Voices to Poverty
Screenshot of Barbara of Lancaster, Pa., sharing her experience with SNAP in a video On...
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OP-ED: The Dream of Restorative Prisons
Prisons are some of the least pleasant places imaginable. The imagery conjured by the word prison is heavily influenced by Hollywood portrayals:...
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Transforming the ‘Bench Box’ Judge
I am a reformist who happens to be a judge. I came to this realization when introduced as a “reformer” at a...
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Top Headlines 9/17
Education Technology won’t solve all education challenges. “Radical” education experts meet in Philadelphia. Oregon education officials create standards for “seclusion rooms” in...
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OP-ED: The Radical Vision of Martin Luther King Jr.
A few nights ago I was talking with several folks while we waited to begin a conflict skills class. All of us...
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Let’s Change How Police Question Young Suspects
When I had been practicing in North Carolina’s juvenile courts for about a year, I represented a client charged in the same...
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OP-ED: Breaking the Cycle of Hyper-Recidivism
Is reform a means to cut the budget or is cutting the budget a means to reform? It’s like which came first–the...
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Top Headlines 7/15
Juvenile Justice Georgia DJJ rolls out two pilots intended to help detained youth in transition. Education NYC’s increased spending doesn’t produce better...
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Top Headlines 7/8
Juvenile Justice Op-Ed calls for more research into Iowa juvenile justice policy. Texas legislators pass 50 justice bills, including many covering juveniles....
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OP-ED: Reflections on Independence Day
As I write this the nation is celebrating the 237th anniversary of the ratification of the Declaration of Independence. It’s pretty rainy...
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OP-ED: Who Benefits from Zero Tolerance Policies?
I have been out of high school since 1984, and I realize that things these days are different. It was a time...
