All posts tagged "Juvenile Justice"

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Education Florida Gov. Rick Scott proposes to increase spending on public schools by 6.5 percent to $6,800 per student, and a $2,500...

Long-Time Reformer to Head Federal Juvenile Justice Office: Report

Robert Listenbee Jr., a long-time champion of reforms in the juvenile justice system, including limiting the detention and incarceration of juveniles, is likely...

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Education Is racial discrimination behind the closing of certan schools? There is a correlation between poverty and education costs in Texas. Workshop provided by...

Putting a Face on Reform

In his 1961 farewell address President Dwight Eisenhower warned the American people of the dangers inherent in an alliance of the military,...

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Education Haar Bill (LB619) proposes to require school districts to offer sex education. K-12 teachers in Florida to receive $2,500 pay raise in Gov....

DJJ Security Breach Puts 100,000 Plus Young People and Employees At-Risk for Identity Theft

Earlier this month, Florida’s Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) announced that the records of more than 100,000 young people and employees may...

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Juvenile Justice Nebraska lawmakers to propose reforms to juvenile justice system with a new focus on treatment for troubled youths, rather than...

The Power Grab and Prison Sexual Abuse

It’s an optimistic headline: “Prison Rape: Obama’s Program to Stop It”. It leads into a comprehensive New York Review of Books article on three...

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Politics President Obama took the presidential oath of office in a quiet ceremony in the White House Sunday, The New York Times...

Living the Dream

I was sitting at a table with a fellow prisoner more than twenty years ago. We were taking a break from our...

Protecting School Campuses and Unintended Consequences

During my testimony before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on The Constitution, Civil Rights, and Human Rights last month, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), chairman...

Georgia’s First After School and Youth Development Conference

The first Georgia After School and Youth Development Conference is taking place in Athens, Ga. January 9 – 11. The event was organized by GUIDE,...

Growing Movement Toward Localizing Juvenile Justice

Not since the opening of the first juvenile reform school in 1886 has our nation’s approach to confining delinquent youth experienced such...

Reclaiming Our Children’s Futures

The juvenile justice system in America has endured many trends and survived numerous attacks from its critics over the decades. From the...

SAMHSA Report to Congress on the Prevention and Reduction of Underage Drinking 2012

Turning Mistakes of the Past into Tools for the Future

  One of the questions I have pondered since my release from prison is when and where to share my past with...

Florida DJJ Says Aftercare Contractors Overpaid; State May Replace Vendors with Probation Officers

UPDATE: The Henry & Rilla White Foundation, Inc. released a response to these reports, which can be found here: Letter to The Reader...

Major Layoffs Expected for New Orleans’ Juvenile Court in 2013

Massive cuts are expected for New Orleans’ Juvenile Court, with more than 30 employees expected to be removed from the city’s payroll in...

Restorative Justice Practices Should not be Treated like a Commodity

I was sitting with my brother in law watching television a few nights ago. It was late and we had been busy...