All posts tagged "Juvenile Justice Reform"

Justice organization announces new youth restorative justice partners

Can restorative justice programs move juvenile justice away from policing, prosecutions, and prisons?

juvenile courtroom division entrance with sign and white-framed green double doors in red brick building

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Not ‘Mini-Adult Court’: Lawyers lacking qualifications defended 1,200 Cuyahoga County kids

Juvenile Court judges will now track qualifications. Will the tracking system be adequate?

children prosecuted as adults, Juvenile justice reform: Person with dark hair sits on steps behind bars with head in hands wearing orange jumpsuit

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The seemingly endless cycle of reforms in juvenile justice

Ohio announced it will try to shut down its three large youth correctional facilities.

Juvenile detention populations low: Young black teen lies on bed with legs propped up on wall on cot in empty room with grey cement floor and white walls

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Tennessee lawmakers want more oversight of juvenile detention. The Department of Children’s Services is pushing back.

New legislation gives an independent agency the power to require changes at juvenile facilities.

juvenile youth defense improvement grants: young person's hand on chain-link fence

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Youth/juvenile defense system improvement partnership grants

GRANT FOCUS: Youth/Juvenile Justice, Juvenile Justice Reform, Youth Recidivism | Amount: Up to $650,630 | Deadline: Apr. 15, 2024

Louisiana ponders policy changes with juvenile facilities at full capacity

Struggles at juvenile facilities make it hard to help the youths in its care.

Trauma-informed hubs: Teen standing in ladder next to kitchen back door with back to camera folding tool and doing repairs to ceiling above refrigerator

Trauma-informed ‘hubs’ reduce Chicago youth incarceration

The hubs, administrators say, follow best practices and principles of trauma-informed youth development and rehabilitation.

Disabled students at higher risk for arrests, dropping out: male detention worker walks a black juvenile offender down a hallway

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Juvenile justice staffing crisis: Time to reimagine our approach

The staffing crisis both jeopardizes the safety and well-being of employees and youth detainees.

First-time juvenile offenders: Teen skateboarder in jeans and blue plaid shirt speeds through the pedestrian walkway on paved road over red metal bridge

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Giving first-time juvenile offenders avenues away from detention in New York

Avenues’ program offers young people possibilities that many often feel aren't available to them.

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► Newsmakers

Michaela Pommells named executive director of Youth First Justice Collaborative

The Youth First Justice Collaborative seeks to end youth incarceration.

Young people lead us to a new vision of justice: Crushed top of chain link fence under blue sky with wispy clouds

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From the mouth of babes: Letting young people lead us to a new vision of justice

To create positive change we must listen to the people impacted by juvenile justice.

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Once a ‘badass Latina’ and handcuffed schoolboys, they now push for juvenile justice reform

Personal experiences in the juvenile justice system shapes their advocacy of justice reform.

Justice: Scales of justice in front of multi-colored illustration of overlapping profiles of people.

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Juvenile and youth justice reform center program grant

GRANT FOCUS: Juvenile Justice, Youth Justice, Juvenile/Youth Justice Reform, Education/Awareness | Amount: Up to $2,500,000 | Deadline: Aug. 14, 2023

Juvenile justice_youth behind fence: young male offender standing behind chain link fence

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Juvenile justice reform education and awareness program grant

GRANT FOCUS: Juvenile Justice, Youth Justice, Education, Awareness | Amount: Up to $600,000 | Deadline: Aug. 7, 2023

juvenile justice reform leadership team grants: group of people around table pointing to work

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Juvenile justice reform leadership team grants

GRANT FOCUS: Juvenile Justice, Minority Youth, Systemic Racism, Diversion, Juvenile Justice Reform | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: July 10, 2023

expand use of diversion for juvenile justice system report; hand of youth on detention center fence

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Reducing racial disparities in juvenile justice program grant

GRANT FOCUS: Juvenile Justice, Racial Disparities, Minority Youth, Systemic Racism | Amount: Up to $2,000,000 | Deadline: July 11, 2023

mass incarceration of children report: young black boy in orange jumpsuit sits in cell

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Crimes against humanity: The mass incarceration of children in the United States

At least 32,359 individuals are in U.S. prisons because of crimes committed as children.

Alternatives to prison: Group of multicultural arms an hands forming circle reaching to each other with multi-colored puzzle pieces

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To 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.

Georgia House votes to prosecute 17 year olds as adults: white woman with short brown hair speaking into mic at podium

Georgia House votes to prosecute 17 year olds as juveniles

The bill was approved on a vote of 145-22, sending it to the state Senate.

girls in juvenile justice support grants: young brunette girl in orange detention garb looking at camera from behind bars

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