Lennie came to me about 18 months ago, with an attitude. He was a gangbanger and liked to rob people — by...
Traditionally, juvenile courts have protected children from lasting stigma and emotional trauma through aggressive secrecy, in contrast to their adult counterparts. But...
New federal research is giving momentum to the call for reduced penalties and more rehabilitation for drug offenders – including juveniles –...
The most engaging elements came from the kids themselves. Scrawled on the bottom of handouts, the backs of postcards or between the...
“Everybody in there is innocent, right?” This statement, or some variation of it, usually followed by laughter, comes up in a lot...
California Gov. Jerry Brown was recently quoted telling the state Legislature to “man up” on his proposed budget cuts and yet, when...
The youth sent to the Texas Juvenile Justice System are some of the most chronic delinquent offenders in the state. Ninety-three percent are boys,...
I get in trouble sometimes when I talk (or write) about certain things. Whether the topic is prisoners’ rights, restorative justice, brain...
The Center for Juvenile Justice Reform at Georgetown University‘s Public Policy Institute, in partnership with the Juvenile Law Center, has announced its inaugural Information Sharing Certificate...
Nearly a decade after Louisiana committed to sweeping changes to the state’s struggling juvenile justice system, some advocates contend the governor and...
Speaking at the New Schools – Aspen Institute Summit 2012 last week, David Domenici challenged educators to embrace troubled (and often challenging) students and to keep...
Juvenile crime rates in the state of New York, but excluding New York City, fell 17 percent between 2010 and 2011, according...
This story originally appeared on iWatchnews.org by the Center for Public Integrity. Alexander Johnson arrived at Barack Obama Global Preparatory Academy to pick up...
Sometimes I forget I was in prison, even though I spent nearly a quarter century there. Maybe, I just get caught up in...
The nation’s juvenile and family courts need to lower walls that have blocked the sharing of data that is key for to...
A number of racial discrepancies were found among Michigan’s juvenile life without parole (JLWOP) population in a new report released by the American...
The Justice Department released a landmark ruling on Thursday to help protect juvenile offenders from falling victim to sexual abuse in adult...
Leonard Witt, executive director of the Center for Sustainable Journalism and publisher of Youth Today and the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange recently...