Free Minds draws in youth convicted as adults (like Delonte, above) with book discussions and writing exercises … Washington, D.C.(202) 468-4809http://www.freemindsbookclub.org Objective:...
Residential CARETodd StrasserSimon & Schuster238 pages. $15.99. Talk about fiction ripped from the news pages: Fifteen-year-old Garrett can’t believe that his parents...
As president of the National Juvenile Court Services Association, I am concerned by recent press reports regarding the operations of the National...
A former assistant attorney general says the head of the nation’s juvenile justice agency misled her into approving millions of dollars in...
Ohio plans to pour an extra $20 million to $30 million into its juvenile detention system to relieve overcrowding, improve care and...
As expected, President Bush last month signed into law the Second Chance Act, which authorizes $360 million for juvenile and adult offender...
With a court ruling last month, Nevada could be paving the way for challenges to juvenile sex offender laws around the country....
Hamilton Fish Institute on School and Community Violence Third in a series of reports funded by the U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice...
http://community.nicic.org/blogs/juvenilejustice The U.S. Justice Department’s National Institute of Corrections recently launched this blog in an effort to connect juvenile justice professionals. The...
Low-income juvenile offenders always need good legal representation but often have trouble getting it. That might soon change in at least four...
Flores: Says agency followed proper procedures. The odds didn’t look good for the Best Friends Foundation when it applied for a competitive...
The Bernalillo County Juvenile Detention Center in New Mexico is but a speck on the map of the nation’s juvenile justice system....
An investigation by The Associated Press uncovered more than 13,000 claims of abuse reported to juvenile correction centers nationwide from 2004 to...
A federal judge has expanded the right of adjudicated youth to have an attorney. California must appoint an attorney to each parolee...
A congressional committee last month launched an investigation into whether the U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) violated its...
Baltimore Sun When 15-year-old Farron Tates was convicted of selling drugs after his fifth arrest in January, he was released into the...
Wolner: “We’ve had some pretty powerful people that have gotten behind it.” Photo: Barron County Restorative Justice Program Location, location, location. Is...
If you provide mentoring, substance abuse counseling or other services to help incarcerated juveniles re-enter society, you might soon be eligible for...
Youth Today could almost run a monthly column about the Texas Youth Commission (TYC), the scandal-plagued network of 22 youth prisons that...
Federal juvenile justice reauthorization should for the first time encourage states to address conditions in youth jails and residential facilities, in light...