There is a world within prisons that only the prisoners know. Correctional officers, administrators, counselors and academics may all have access to...
Juvenile Justice Kids for Cash documentary coming out. DOJ gives more than $60 million to reentry programs. Private youth prison company gets...
Juvenile Justice Philadelphia teen charged in exposure of evidence and witness intimidation part of wider “anti-snitching” sentiment. The politics of closing an...
Juvenile Justice Louisiana ruling leaves JLWOP sentences unchanged. Many states changing the way older teens are adjudicated. Education Indiana looks at changing...
Juvenile Justice Florida DJJ tries to explain mistake in releasing wrong juvenile prisoner. Illinois youth prisons could get monitor. Peer court trains...
Juvenile Justice Wisconsin bill would allow some 17-year-olds to go to juvenile court. Inequality in Colorado juvenile justice system. Texas legislature to...
On my first day in prison the doctor checked to see if I was a homosexual. It was a regular part of...
Juvenile Justice Florida forum explores direction of juvenile justice. Virginia program aims to help kids succeed. Infamous Mississippi youth prison still needs...
Juvenile Justice Trying young murder suspects as adults. Appeals for clemency in case of boy who who was ten when he killed...
Juvenile Justice Taking the politics out of juvenile justice. Education Wealthy public education students advantaged. Boston mayoral candidates differ on education emphasis....
Juvenile Justice TX legislators to investigate guards’ abuse of kids. The profit motive in private youth prisons. Education Budget talks could affect...
Kids are different. That, in many ways, is the bottom line of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Miller v. Alabama, which held...
Juvenile Justice Joe Nocera’s Gun Report. Jacksonville area coalition to address criminalization of first time offenders. Pennsylvania Supreme Court rules recent...
Juvenile Justice Fate of Texas facility for mentally ill youth remains unknown due to legislative delays. The link between delinquency and exposure...
Juvenile Justice From the NYT: “A Bid to Keep Youths Out of Adult Prisons”. Georgia closes facility with highest rate of sexual...
Most of us know at least a few young teens — 15-, 16-, 17-year-olds. A son or daughter. A niece or nephew. ...
Juvenile Justice Roll of race in juvenile justice. Reform in Colorado? 13-year-old who murdered neo-Nazi father to be sent to state facility....
Juvenile Justice Sexual assaults on detainees in IL youth detention due to understaffing and failure to heed warning signs. Wyandotte Detention Center...
Being a prisoner isn’t easy. Prisons in the United States, including juvenile prisons, are terrible places to be. Despite the conservative trope...