The Michigan Juvenile Detention Association will continue to be a national leader in promoting and sustaining of exemplary juvenile detention, residential treatment, and community based services for youth and their families.
The Michigan Juvenile Detention Association is committed to the highest standard of professional ethics, overall excellence in the care and custody of youth, and the provision of services to their families.
The crossover between behavioral health and juvenile justice was the focus of Tuesday's Juvenile Justice Working Group meeting.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Maryland Gov. Wes Moore outlined three measures on Tuesday that he is prioritizing to improve public safety, including a new statewide center to help prevent gun violence.
A new raft of legislation was signed into law Tuesday that reforms the Juvenile Justice System in Michigan.
NORTHVILLE TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A state employee has raised concerns about how children are being cared for at the Walter Reuther Psychiatric Hospital in Westland.
The children were patients at the state-run Hawthorn Center in Northville Township, but have been moved while the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services builds a new psychiatric hospital on the Hawthorn site.
NORTHVILLE, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) - State health officials announced that a new inpatient psychiatric hospital will be built at the site of the Hawthorn Center to provide behavioral health services to Michigan residents.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Technology, Management & Budget made the announcement. They said the new hospital is possible thanks to a $325 million budget allocation by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
Six months after the new 988 mental health hotline went live in Michigan, mental health officials say significantly more people are calling for help. That’s the good news.
The trickier problem remains finding a therapist or other professional to refer these people to in the days that follow.
Cameron Clark is a Leelanau County family court administrator. He’s on the front lines of helping to place juveniles somewhere safe when necessary. He says the juvenile justice system is in crisis.
“It’s very uncomfortable. And I’ve told the judges several times. It’s very uncomfortable to go to bed at night myself knowing that we cannot guarantee the safety of our community because there’s no place to put a young person who is out of out of control and unsafe to themselves or others,” Clark said.
Clark, along with Grand Traverse County family court administrator, Kristyn Brendel, are pushing for the construction of a court-run, 32-bed detention and treatment center. They say there are no facilities in Northern Michigan.
Staffing shortages largely drove reductions in residential centers for foster and juvenile justice kids in crisis
Michigan is building financial incentives into contracts with centers to help them build out larger, more secure staffs
In return, state health officials are requiring the centers to do more to ensure youth receive quality care
Author Daniel Kahneman in “Thinking, Fast and Slow” explains how two modes in our brains make decisions. One is fast/hot, an instinctive and emotional process often fueled by anger, fear or a survival response. The other is the slow/cool system, characterized by a calm and more conscious state of mind that is rational, thoughtful, deliberate and capable of making complex decisions. Both modes have their virtues and vices, depending on the circumstances in which a decision is being made.
Juvenile justice expert David Roush
Michigan’s responses to the death of Cornelius Frederick, a teen who was killed while being restrained by staff at a residential care facility with a history of licensing violations, were fast/hot ones.
Missing data is missing people. Absent complete and accurate data, policies to improve the lives of Michiganders may not reach those who are not counted. The issues with data access, consistency, integrity, and transparency span across issue areas, but of particular concern is the prevalence of these data problems in Michigan’s adult and youth criminal justice systems.
SACRAMENTO (AP) — California is phasing out its state-run youth prisons and shifting the responsibility to counties, 162 years after lawmakers created the first alternative to housing children as young as 12 alongside adults in San Quentin and Folsom state prisons.
Advocates said the move reflects their belief that children who commit crimes can be reformed and are better served when held closer to their homes.
