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How the poor became an alien population.

Aug 6

Aug 6 SC Dept. of Juvenile Justice issues IDs to its teens; a key step to employment

COLUMBIA, SC - Teenagers at the Department of Juvenile Justice got a special piece of plastic Wednesday; an identification card. The department says the ID is a key tool in helping the teens get on their feet after leaving DJJ.

Aug 6

Aug 6 ANKLE MONITORS AREN’T HUMANE. THEY’RE ANOTHER KIND OF JAIL

Electronic monitors can violate people’s civil rights and carry unfair financial penalties.

Aug 3

Aug 3 CAPTIVE AUDIENCE: HOW COMPANIES MAKE MILLIONS CHARGING PRISONERS TO SEND AN EMAIL

Criminal Justice News

For companies like JPay, the business model is simple: Whatever it costs to send a message, prisoners and their families will find a way to pay it.

Jul 16

Jul 16 The Rape Jokes We Still Laugh At | NYT - Opinion

Ideas and Opinions, Viewing Recommendations

In the #MeToo era, punch lines about sexual assaults in jail remain acceptable. But to Rodney Roussell, they’re a painful reminder of the nine years he spent in prison, where he was raped and sold into sexual slavery.

Jul 6

Jul 6 A teenage girl hanged herself in detention center. Video shows how guards responded

Kevin Barnwell

National News

Surveillance video inside the Manatee Regional Detention Center shows how correction officers reacted after noticing a 15-year-old girl was unresponsive after hanging herself in her room.

Jul 2

Jul 2 Sexting bill looks to give teens a break for bad choice

Not wanting to hammer all teens with harsh penalties when they are caught sending nude photographs, the Ohio House voted unanimously on Wednesday to support a lesser penalty for young first-time offenders.

Jul 2

Jul 2 Centre for Community Alternatives executive director David Condliffe talks youth justice in Bendigo

“The way we begin is with a very comprehensive mitigation report,” the organisation’s head, David Condliffe, said. In the case of one young man accused of a violent gang assault, compiling an intensive psychosocial profile took a worker a month and came at a cost of $10,000. Mr Condliffe told attendees at a function at Bendigo’s Ulumbarra Theatre today the expense was worth it.

Jul 2

Jul 2 To keep juveniles behind bars for life, Brauchler abandons rule of law

Last Tuesday, I had the honor of representing a convicted felony murderer before the Colorado Supreme Court. He is guilty as charged, and an innocent man is dead. But there is so much more to the story.

Jul 2

Jul 2 Former teacher at Juvenile Center speaks out

The following is An Open Letter to Government Officials On the Investigation of Shenandoah Valley Juvenile Center. The News Leader is publishing it in its entirety.

Jul 2

Jul 2 Report: Many Child Trafficking Victims End up Detained

A newspaper investigation has found that one in five victims of possible child trafficking in Kansas are placed in juvenile detention, a process that experts say hampers the effort to heal them.

Jul 2

Jul 2 Iran: UN rights chief ‘deeply disturbed’ by continuing executions of juvenile offenders

International News, Juvenile Justice News

Following the execution of a 15-year-old in Iran on Wednesday – the fourth juvenile to be put to death in the country this year – the United Nations rights chief condemned the practice, citing the strict prohibition of such executions under international law.

Jun 25

Jun 25 Outraged By Kids In Cages? Look At Our Entire Juvenile Justice System.

Trump’s reversal this week is progress; it’s a step in the right direction away from the inhumanity that the nation witnessed at the border. But let’s also be clear: There are vulnerable kids in cages in every state across America whose cases will not be affected by the president’s new order. In fact, on any given day there are approximately 50,000 juveniles being held in American correctional facilities, thousands of whom are in adult jails and prisons.

Jun 18

Jun 18 Progress in Juvenile Justice: 2017

Like many of the challenges facing the nation’s collective corrections system, such as overcrowding and sentencing disparities, these issues arose mostly in response to the “get tough on crime” political environment that emerged in the 1980s in response to rising crime rates and spreading drug-related violence. The pendulum has begun to swing back toward moderation, and in 2017 several state legislatures passed significant reforms to their juvenile justice systems.

Jun 14

Jun 14 Juvenile Facility Data Added to Statistical Briefing Book

Research Topics

OJJDP has updated its Statistical Briefing Book to include national and state data from the 2016 Juvenile Residential Facility Census.

Resources include:

A Data Snapshot describing facility screening practices and service availability.
The Juvenile Residential Facility Census Databook.
Frequently Asked Questions about facility characteristics and facility practices and services.

Developed for OJJDP by the National Center for Juvenile Justice, the research division of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, the Statistical Briefing Book offers easy online access to statistics on a variety of juvenile justice topics.

Jun 13

Jun 13 Michigan Juvenile Justice Reforms, Delayed by Larry Nassar Bills, Could Move in Fall

Local News

In a sad twist of irony, Michigan legislators and advocates hoping to improve the state’s juvenile justice system ran out of time this year because of how long it took to address one of the biggest child abuse scandals in American history.

Jun 13

Jun 13 Illinois House weighs bill to allow young adult misdemeanor cases to be heard in juvenile court

ROCKFORD — Young adults charged with misdemeanor crimes could have their cases transferred to juvenile court under legislation being considered by the Illinois House.

A bill co-sponsored by state Rep. Litesa Wallace, D-Rockford, would give judges the authority to decide whether 18-, 19- and 20-year-old defendants should have their misdemeanor cases heard in juvenile court.

Jun 13

Jun 13 They knew she was a suicide risk. Girl, 15, was still able to hang herself in the lockup.

Alleny Carbone was 15 when she took her own life Sunday in the Manatee juvenile lockup.

Jun 12

Jun 12 Schools resolve conflicts by getting kids to talk things out