Youth Today
All posts tagged "youth incarceration"
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1.1K► ReportsLatinx disparities in youth incarceration
The Sentencing Project discusses the latest data on racial disparities in youth incarceration across the country.
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1.6K► ReportsRacial Disparities in Youth Incarceration Persist
The Sentencing Project releases a new report discussing how stark racial disparities in the juvenile justice system remain relatively unchanged even as...
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1.4K► ReportsYouth Justice Under the Coronavirus: Linking Public Health Protections with the Movement for Youth Decarceration
A new report from the Sentencing Project discusses how the juvenile justice system has responded to COVID-19 and makes a number of...
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1.1K► ReportsRethinking the Role of the Juvenile Justice System: Improving Youth’s School Attendance and Educational Outcomes
This new brief from the Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center discusses findings from an unprecedented research study on the impact...
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1.8K► ReportsExpand the Use of Diversion From the Juvenile Justice System
The Annie E. Casey foundation makes the case for significant expansion of the use of diversion to avoid formally prosecuting low-risk juvenile...
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1.6KGrantsStatewide Juvenile Justice Improvement Program Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Juvenile Justice, Minority Youth, Youth Incarceration, Institutionalized Racism | Amount: Up to $7,523,237 | Deadline: Dec. 17, 2019
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Youth Justice Program Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Youth Justice, Juvenile Justice, Youth Incarceration, Minority Youth | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: Ongoing
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4.6K► ReportsGirls in the Juvenile Justice System
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention uses data from three different national collections to provide a summary of the current...
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1.8K► ReportsPromoting a New Direction for Youth Justice: Strategies to Fund a Community-Based Continuum of Care and Opportunity
The Urban Institute identifies and discusses proven, effective and innovative strategies for investment in community-based programs and tools to help justice-involved youth...
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1.7K► ReportsCollaborating for Successful Reentry: A Guide to Support Justice-Involved Young People Returning to the Community
The Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice provides a comprehensive reentry guide for juvenile justice and social service practitioners which offers information...
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2.8K► ReportsThe Color of Youth Transferred to the Adult Criminal Justice System: Policy and Practice Recommendations
This report published by CFYJ shows how, despite reforms, black youth disproportionately end up in the adult justice system and what can...
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1.8K► ReportsThe Price of Justice: The High Cost of “Free” Counsel for Youth in the Juvenile Justice System
This report from the Juvenile Law Center shows how numerous states across the nation permit or even require the cost of court-appointed...
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2.3K► ReportsTransforming Closed Youth Prisons: Repurposing Facilities to Meet Community Needs
As the number of youth incarcerated across the country continues to falls significantly due to successful juvenile justice reform initiatives, the Urban...
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2.2K► ReportsStemming the Tide: Diverting Youth with Mental Health Conditions from the Illinois Juvenile Justice System
The Illinois Mental Health Opportunities for Youth Diversion Task Force authored this report which demonstrates the mental health issues of youth involved...
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2.2K► ReportsDestined to Fail: How Florida’s Jails Deprive Children of Schooling
The Southern Poverty Law Center produced this report showing how youth incarcerated in Florida's jails miss out on education during their formative...
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Unlocking Youth: Legal Strategies to End Solitary Confinement in Juvenile Facilities
The Juvenile Law Center recently released this new report which outlines the counterproductive nature and the great harm caused by the solitary...
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Implementing Evidence-Based Juvenile Justice Reforms
The Urban Institute summarizes and analyzes the effectiveness of the implementation of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's Juvenile Justice...
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Juvenile Court Statistics 2014
This new report form the National Center for Juvenile Justice (NCJJ) takes a comprehensive and statistical look at delinquency and petitioned status...
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Juvenile Justice Reform Program Grants
Subject: Juvenile Justice, Youth Crime, Youth Incarceration, Youth Development, Youth Welfare | Deadline: Ongoing
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Raise the Age: Shifting to a Safer and More Effective Juvenile Justice System
This new report from the Justice Policy Institute highlights the growing movement known as "Raise the Age" which seeks to convince state...
