“The program is looking to close the achievement gaps for kids in foster care,” said Jenna Mendez, Corona-Norco Unified School District's foster...
By September 2020, 11 new unarmed public safety support specialists, many with law enforcement-related backgrounds, were in place and on the Minneapolis...
There is no recent official count of how many individuals have departed gang life. In 2012, the most recent year that the...
Exalt is a nonprofit in New York City. Giselle Castro talks about Exalt's work and their "raise the age" efforts. They work...
Pressured by Worth Rises and similar advocacy groups, the Federal Communication Commission last year imposed ceilings on the costs of interstate calls...
When Stephanie Hull was a kid, long before she became the CEO of Girls Inc., a national organization aimed at helping young...
So far, juvenile facilities — 789 of the 1,510 nationwide are detention centers or long-term secure facilities, the remainder are group homes,...
“My son didn’t receive failing grades,” said Eric’s mother, who asked to go unnamed. “Every report card had a ‘P’ for passing...
Some among the 3,614 formerly incarcerated persons living in city shelters in 2019, as one example, spent stints in city jails for...
During the rollercoaster ride of a pandemic, it was Maxene Foster’s job to help make sure that cash-strapped Bronx residents got fed,...
The new law is retroactive. It allows persons to have prior marijuana-related convictions for which, under the new rules, they would not...
Though technically it was against the rules, a juvenile corrections officer had been watching and chuckling along as a group of girl...
As the pandemic raged across New York City in spring 2020, Jose Rivera trekked from the Bronx to Coney Island, Brooklyn to...
New York City must finish installing Wi-Fi in shelters for homeless families and domestic violence victims by Aug. 31, according to a...
A pregnant teenager stands alone in a cinder-block cell in one image. In another, a young body shivers, curled up in an...
Over 1,500 students were restrained by school safety agents of the NYPD from the first quarter of 2019 through the first quarter...
NEW YORK — When the COVID-19 pandemic first broke in New York City this spring, the most vulnerable populations were at the...
VIDEOGRAPHY AND PHOTO: MARCO POGGIO NEW YORK — They all had disturbing stories, and they all had a familiar ring to them. ...
Sitting cross-legged on the pavement, his right arm locked into a bright blue painted tire weighed down by cement and blocking the...