All posts tagged "Juvenile Justice"

Top Headlines 3/20

EducationStates chose to enact deep cuts to public higher education funding instead of raising taxes, potentially harming both state economies and education...

KIDS COUNT Data Snapshot: Youth Incarceration in the United States

Steubenville: The Names Change, but the Story Stays the Same

“My life is over. No one is going to want me now.” These were the words of 16-year-old Ma’lik Richmond after a...

Georgia: In Civil Matters, Kids Can’t Judge Own Best Interests

Earlier this month, the Georgia Supreme Court ruled in a 5-2 decision that children within the state are “not the correct parties...

Reducing Disproportionate Minority Contact is the Work of Us All

I was looking for a pithy way to start my column about disproportionate minority contact and detention in the juvenile justice system....

A Struggle for the Nation’s Moral Center

Sharletta Evans of Denver says it was her faith that motivated her to forgive the teens who killed her three-year-old son, Casson,...

Resisting the Temptation of Jail: The Lesser of Two Evils

The onset of my unruliness happened when I first noticed girls — I mean really noticed them. I am not saying that...

Top Headlines 3/8

Juvenile JusticeArizona Daily Star: Youth Detention Down in Pima CountyThe News Tribune: Washington State moves to seal most juvenile recordsChild WelfareSouthern California...

Shake-up Underway at Federal Office of Juvenile Justice

Major changes in leadership, structure and funding are underway at the federal Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, changes that are...

Progress in Georgia, and the People Agree

A study released March 5 by the Pew CharitableTrusts’ Public Safety Performance Project focuses on the attitudes of Georgia voters about the juvenile justice system. In...

Top Headlines 3/7

Juvenile JusticeCOLORADO — Pueblo’s 10th Judicial District could be among a few districts to participate in a pilot program to expand the...

We are the System

Since the deadly shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School late last year, there has been an abundance of suggested policy changes to...

Top Headlines 3/5

From Atlanta Journal – Constitution: Judge Teske’s juvenile program becomes a model for Georgia Seattle Times editorial calls for a path of early...

Teske’s court becomes a model for Georgia juvenile justice reform

From Atlanta Journal – Constitution: Judge Teske’s juvenile program becomes a model for Georgia

Top Headlines 3/4

Juvenile JusticeMASS. — Gov. Deval Patrick nominates Gloria Tan to a seat on the Juvenile Court. Cleveland’s Cuyahoga County Juvenile Justice Center...

Looking for Answers to Falling Juvenile Crime Rates

What really works? This is a question that might be asked in a lot of settings, both personal and professional. In my...

A Grown-Up Approach to Juvenile Justice Reform

Connecticut’s juvenile justice system has seen tremendous reform in the past 10 years. As a new report by the Justice Policy Institute...

Top Headlines 2/27

Juvenile Justice According to a new study from the Annie E. Casey Foundation Tennessee saw a 66 percent drop in incarcerated youth...

Georgia’s First Lady, State DJJ Commissioner Attend Opening of New Youth Today/JJIE Office

On Wednesday, the Center for Sustainable Journalism, which publishes the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange and Youth Today, celebrated the opening of its...

Top Headlines 2/26

Juvenile JusticeClosed door program Girls in Motion opens new opportunities for female juvenile offenders. FLORIDA — New juvenile justice plan offfers smart...