Juvenile Justice System and Mental Illness
Mentally ill offenders strain juvenile system, By Solomon Moore, August 9, 2009, New York Times: “The teenager in the padded smock sat in his solitary confinement cell here in this state’s most secure...
View ArticleReport: Juvenile Prison System – New York
New York finds extreme crisis in youth prisons, By Nicholas Confessore, December 13, 2009, New York Times: “New York’s system of juvenile prisons is broken, with young people battling mental illness or...
View ArticleJuvenile Justice System – New York
Why are more Monroe County kids in the juvenile justice system?, By Denise-Marie Santiago, May 2, 2010, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: “With his handcuffs off and a guard trailing him, Calvin didn’t...
View ArticleKids Count Report – Tennessee
More of county’s youth in poverty, courts, By Mealand Ragland-Hudgins, August 9, 2011, Daily News Journal: “Rutherford County children fared better than their peers across the state on the 2010 Kids...
View ArticleStates and Juvenile Justice
Texas juvenile justice reforms working, group says, By Allan Turner, October 4, 2011, Houston Chronicle: “Reforms instituted in the wake of 2007 allegations of widespread sexual abuse of minors in...
View ArticleFoster Care Youth – California
More resources urged for high-risk youths in foster care, By Garrett Therolf, November 9, 2011, Los Angeles Times: “As California implements a new law extending foster care benefits to youths until age...
View ArticleJuvenile Justice System – New York
New York courts revisit juvenile justice, By Maggie Clark, March 12, 2012, Stateline.org: “On a recent Thursday afternoon in the shadow of Yankee Stadium, in the South Bronx, five 16- and 17-year-old...
View ArticleJuvenile Justice System – Arkansas
Study praises juvenile justice reforms, says more work needed, By Rob Moritz, March 14, 2012, Arkansas News: “A new study presented to lawmakers today praises recent reforms in Arkansas’ juvenile...
View ArticleJuvenile Justice System – New Jersey
Number of minors in N.J. youth detention centers declined significantly, report shows, By Matt Friedman, October 24, 2012, Star-Ledger: “A new report shows that the number of minors in the counties’...
View ArticleChild Welfare Privatization – Nebraska
Foster care still reeling from privatization, By Martha Stoddard, December 1, 2012, Omaha World-Herald: “Nebraska’s child welfare system is still suffering from the instability caused by the state’s...
View ArticleDrop in Juvenile Crime – Massachusetts
Local law enforcement officials see drop in juvenile crime, By Jim Morrison, January 2, 2013, Boston Globe: ” Are today’s youngsters more likely to stay out of trouble? From prosecutors to police...
View ArticleJuvenile Incarceration in the US
Report finds youth incarceration on steep decline in Md., U.S., By Justin Fenton, February 27, 2013, Baltimore Sun: “The rate of youth confinement in Maryland declined by nearly half over a 13-year...
View ArticleJuvenile Justice Reform – Nebraska
Gov. Heineman signs juvenile justice reform into law, By Paul Hammel and Martha Stoddard, May 30, 2013, Omaha World-Herald: “The state embarked on a new approach in dealing with troubled juveniles...
View ArticleGirls in the Juvenile Justice System
States grapple with girls in the juvenile justice system, By Teresa Wiltz, November 25, 2015, Stateline: “When she was 11, KiAmber was arrested for defacing school property—a misdemeanor the...
View ArticleAmerican Indian Girls in the Juvenile Justice System
American Indian girls often fall through the cracks, By Teresa Wiltz, March 4, 2016, Stateline: “They’re poor, more likely to be sexually abused, end up in foster care, drop out of school, become...
View ArticleCourt Fines and the Poor
Court costs entrap nonwhite, poor juvenile offenders, By Erik Eckholm, August 31, 2016, New York Times: “When Dequan Jackson had his only brush with the law, at 13, he tried to do everything right....
View ArticleFoster Care Shelters – California
Chronicle investigation spurs calls to close foster care shelters, By Karen de Sá, Joaquin Palomino, and Cynthia Dizikes, May 22, 2017, San Francisco Chronicle: “The state attorney general’s office is...
View ArticleAge of Criminal Responsibility in States
How ‘Raise the Age’ laws might reduce recidivism, By Teresa Wiltz, May 31, 2017, Stateline: “You have to be 18 to vote in a general election or join the military without your parents’ consent — and...
View ArticleJuvenile Court Fines and Fees
Movement against juvenile court fees runs into resistance, By Teresa Wiltz, January 17, 2018, Stateline: “California this month became the first state to eliminate court costs, fees and fines for young...
View ArticleJuvenile Life Sentencing – Philadelphia, PA
Why are juvenile lifers from Philly getting radically different sentences from those in the rest of Pennsylvania?, By Samantha Melamed, July 10, 2018, Philadelphia Inquirer: “Judge Rea Boylan called a...
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