Youth Today
All posts tagged "juvenile incarceration"
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330► PodcastsPodcasts explain latest trends in youth justice
What are effective ways to respond when youth make mistakes and break the law?
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594NewsSome incarcerated youths will get health care after release under new law
The goal is to help prevent them from developing a health crisis or reoffending.
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1.7KNewsWhile youth detention numbers rise, states begin to roll back reforms
States are backtracking on youth justice reforms.
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1.7KNewsThe seemingly endless cycle of reforms in juvenile justice
Ohio announced it will try to shut down its three large youth correctional facilities.
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1.1KGrantsJustice-involved youth arts program grants
GRANT FOCUS: Arts/Culture, Arts Education, Juvenile Justice, Justice-involved Youth, Youth Recidivism | Amount: Up to $50,000 | Deadline: May 21, 2024
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1.6KGrantsYouth reentry support and recidivism prevention program grants
GRANT FOCUS: Juvenile Justice, Youth Reentry, Youth Recidivism, System-involved Youth, Youth Safety | Amount: Up to $750,000 | Deadline: Apr. 15, 2024
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2.2KNewsKristin Henning: The criminalization of Black children needs to stop
We criminalize really every aspect of Black and brown adolescence, Henning says.
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3.4KNewsAre California counties ready to handle juvenile offenders now that state youth prisons are shuttered?
“The state opened up Pandora’s box and now we’re trying to manage this disaster.”
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1.1K► ReportsChanging course in youth detention: Reversing widening gaps by race and place
A report finds widening racial and geographic inequities in youth detention since the pandemic.
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683GrantsJuvenile justice reform leadership team grants
GRANT FOCUS: Juvenile Justice, Minority Youth, Systemic Racism, Diversion, Juvenile Justice Reform | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: July 10, 2023
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2.1KOpinionTo end the age of incarceration, three communities pioneer a developmental approach
People ages 18-25 are over-represented at every stage of the criminal legal system.
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1.6K► ReportsReport: Girls’ arrests rose; incarceration rates were highest among Black and Native American girls
Girls accounted for 31% of arrested youth in 2019, up from 18% in 1990.
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1.6KNewsAfter judge resentences LaKeith Smith to 30 years, his lawyer pledges to fight for those who ‘didn’t pull the trigger’
"Today doesn't feel like justice,” Smith's attorney Leroy Maxwell told news reporters.
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1.9KOpinionCalifornia: Is this how you want your kids to be treated?
“Why are we still pepper spraying other people's kids?" one juvenile justice advocate asked.
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New Mexico has lost track of juveniles locked up for life. We found nearly two dozen.
An upcoming bill could grant these youth their freedom, if they can be identified.
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3.4KNewsDisabled students at higher risks for arrests, dropping out and being unready for adulthood
Youth with disabilities are at least two-thirds of those in the juvenile justice system.
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1.4KNewsEx-state adviser implicated in youth center abuse lawsuits
David Ball is among roughly 150 former staffers who are implicated by former residents.
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1.1KNewsLawsuit: Illinois agency wrongfully imprisoned children
The children have missed holidays, birthdays and funerals of loved ones.
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1.3KNewsThe toll of his absence: the women supporting prisoner Almeer Nance
Jameerial Johnson's father has been incarcerated her entire life.
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4.0K► ReportsYouth and the juvenile justice system: 2022 national report
The National Center for Juvenile Justice releases the fifth edition of its comprehensive report on the current state of the youth and...
