All posts tagged "Juvenile Justice"

Top Headlines 11/11

Juvenile Justice Wisconsin bill would allow some 17-year-olds to go to juvenile court. Inequality in Colorado juvenile justice system. Texas legislature to...

Transforming How We Treat Incarcerated LGBTQ Youth

On my first day in prison the doctor checked to see if I was a homosexual. It was a regular part of...

Top Headlines 11/7

Juvenile Justice Florida forum explores direction of juvenile justice. Virginia program aims to help kids succeed. Infamous Mississippi youth prison still needs...

Top Headlines 11/06

Juvenile Justice Trying young murder suspects as adults. Appeals for clemency in case of boy who who was ten when he killed...

Top Headlines 11/5

Juvenile Justice Taking the politics out of juvenile justice. Education Wealthy public education students advantaged. Boston mayoral candidates differ on education emphasis....

Top Headlines 11/4

Juvenile Justice TX legislators to investigate guards’ abuse of kids. The profit motive in private youth prisons. Education Budget talks could affect...

Pennsylvania’s Miller Ruling is Unfair

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...

Top Headlines 10/31

Juvenile Justice Joe Nocera’s Gun Report. Jacksonville area coalition to address criminalization of first time offenders.   Pennsylvania Supreme Court rules recent...

Top Headlines 10/30

Juvenile Justice Fate of Texas facility for mentally ill youth remains unknown due to legislative delays. The link between delinquency and exposure...

Top Headlines 10/29

Juvenile Justice From the NYT: “A Bid to Keep Youths Out of Adult Prisons”. Georgia closes facility with highest rate of sexual...

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. ...

Top Headlines 10/28

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....

Top Headlines 10/25

Juvenile Justice Sexual assaults on detainees in IL youth detention due to understaffing and failure to heed warning signs. Wyandotte Detention Center...

A New Majority: Low Income Students in the South and Nation

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...

Top Headlines 10/24

Juvenile Justice Northeast FL leads state in girls’ detentions. Revealing the corruption and abuse in FL youth prisons for profit. Editorial: Some...

Top Headlines 10/23

Juvenile Justice D.C. defunds lauded Youth Court. Despite abuses private prisons continue to house children. Education MI Groups call for transparency in...

Top Headlines 10/22

Juvenile Justice OK commitment rates dropping says study. JDAI to expand throughout SD following 100,000 dollar grant. OK teen court sees success....

Top Headlines 10/21

Juvenile Justice JDAI trims number of kids in SD detention. GA teen ring breaks into over 100 cars. OH leads “smart reforms”...

In Denver, Exploring Lessons in Conflict Management

DENVER — The first class of our day was in the morning at George Washington High School, a massive building here with...