Youth Today
All posts tagged "juvenile incarceration"
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518GrantsGrants to support survivors of sexual abuse in youth detention
GRANT FOCUS: Youth Welfare, Youth Safety, Sexual Abuse, Juvenile Justice, Youth Detention, Victim Services | Amount: Up to $750,000 | Deadline: May...
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894GrantsNational juvenile justice data analysis program grants
GRANT FOCUS: Juvenile Justice, Juvenile Detention/Incarceration, Juvenile Offenders, Data, Research | Amount: Up to $2,400,000 | Deadline: May 9, 2022
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1.8KFrom the BureausAt detention facilities offering high school diplomas, college classes are seen as next step
In mid-February 2022, 20 young men across eight of the facilities started working on an associate’s degree from Middlesex, becoming the first...
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903NewsSouth Carolina governor names new chief of juvenile justice agency
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster said Tuesday that he is appointing an attorney who has temporarily steered the state's struggling Department of...
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1.2KNewsWith homicide the No. 1 cause, formerly incarcerated Ohio juveniles’ death rate was six to nine times higher than that of other youth
Death rates were 5.9 times higher for previously incarcerated 11- to 21-year-olds in Ohio than in that state’s general population of youth...
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1.7KFrom the BureausAs COVID-19 lingers, some juveniles facilities rate better than others in health safety
So far, juvenile facilities — 789 of the 1,510 nationwide are detention centers or long-term secure facilities, the remainder are group homes,...
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1.3KNewsHenry Montgomery, at center of juvenile life debate, is free
The Louisiana inmate whose Supreme Court case was instrumental in extending the possibility of freedom to hundreds of people sentenced to life...
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2.1K► ReportsOn the brink: Conditions in California’s Division of Juvenile Justice remain bleak as closure nears
The Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice (CJCJ) releases a new report discussing the poor conditions and practices that still persist in...
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1.2K► ReportsDisparities in tribal youth incarceration
The Sentencing Project discusses the latest data on racial disparities in youth incarceration across the country.
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1.1K► ReportsLatinx disparities in youth incarceration
The Sentencing Project discusses the latest data on racial disparities in youth incarceration across the country.
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1.2KFrom the BureausNew York project aims to narrow gap between minority versus white juvies sent to community programs, not prison
A project aiming to grant more Black and brown youth entry to community-based programs that are an alternative to juvenile incarceration will...
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1.7K► ReportsBringing more teens home: Raising the age without expanding secure confinement in the youth justice system
The Sentencing Project releases a new report discussing the success of states which implemented "raise the age" reforms in their justice systems,...
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761GrantsJuvenile Justice System Reform Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Juvenile Justice, Juvenile Crime, Recidivism Reduction, Juvenile Incarceration | Amount: Up to $1,000,000 | Deadline: July 6, 2021
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5.9K► ReportsNational Juvenile Arrests, 1980-2019
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention discusses the latest trends in juvenile arrests.
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1.9K► ReportsHuman Rights Protections for Children in the U.S. Justice System – 2020 National State Ratings Report
Human Rights for Kids takes a comprehensive look at the basic legal framework protecting the rights of justice-involved youth across the country...
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1.4K► ReportsYouth Justice Under the Coronavirus: Linking Public Health Protections with the Movement for Youth Decarceration
A new report from the Sentencing Project discusses how the juvenile justice system has responded to COVID-19 and makes a number of...
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1.4K► ReportsThe Latinx Data Gap in the Youth Justice System
A new report analyzes racial and ethnic data at state-level youth justice agencies, documenting how inconsistent data categories and reporting result in...
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2.0KGrantsJuvenile Justice Residential Facility Emergency Planning Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Juvenile Justice, Youth Welfare, Safety, Juvenile Detention/Incarceration | Amount: $50,000 - $150,000 | Deadline: Mar. 16, 2020
