After years of focusing on the safety of children, the nation’s juvenile courts are shifting to a more holistic approach that takes...
If passed, a California law will make it the first state in the nation to ban controversial therapy aimed at turning gay...
Written by John Lash I don’t remember when I first heard of The Angolite, the only uncensored prison publication in the country. It...
Got up early this morning and began my daily reflection with my cup of coffee in hand and it hit me—there is...
Young people using social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter and the location-based Foursquare are often criticized for posting photos from drunken...
Students in Free Enterprise and Lowe’s TO: United Neighborhood Center$2000-To build a new playground and exercise area for kids. CarMax...
A friend of mine called me last week from prison. We hadn’t spoken in a few months, so we did a lot...
Last month, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court decided that a Pike County Jewish summer camp was no longer eligible for tax-exempt status in...
Bart Lubow, who has been working for more than 20 years to reduce the number of youth being sent to detention centers,...
Jeannette Bocanegra, a community organizer from New York City, told a gathering of juvenile justice system practitioners and advocates in Houston last...
“A breakdown and analysis of the President’s 2013 budget proposal as it relates to children and families.”
Scott State Prison, in Milledgeville, Ga., was originally built as a hospital during the Great Depression. I was there for a few...
This story originally appeared on iWatchnews.org by the Center for Public Integrity As a national debate heats up over appropriate student discipline, new data...
Texas State Senator John Whitmire came to the podium last night at the opening of the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI) conference in Houston...
Tuesday, the New Jersey Supreme Court considered the constitutionality of the state’s so-called juvenile waiver laws – a series of rulings that...
Patrick McCarthy,President & CEO of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, today called for transforming the juvenile justice in the United States into...
California is embarking on an ambitious and deep-rooted reform of its corrections system, an effort that has come to be know as...
NEW YORK – The John Jay College of Criminal Justice’s Center on Media, Crime and Justice is holding a two-day conference for journalists on...
NEW YORK – The John Jay College of Criminal Justice’s Center on Media, Crime and Justice is holding a two-day conference for journalists on...