JUVENILE JUSTICE UPDATES 10.9.2020

• MDHHS issues Emergency Order regarding residential care, congregate care, juvenile justice facilities

• How has the proportion of high school students carrying a weapon changed over time?

• Governor Signs Bill To Close State’s Troubled & Systemically Racist Youth Prisons With An Ambitious Plan To Reimagine CA’s Youth Justice System

• Cleveland-area exonerees rally outside Justice Center on Wrongful Conviction Day

• Settlement reached for Michigan's juvenile lifers, schedules "prompt" resentencings

• Trauma-Informed Strategies for Supporting Youth in the Juvenile Justice System during COVID-19

• Youth Justice Under the Coronavirus: Linking Public Health Protections with the Movement for Youth Decarceration

• Lessons from Tracking Coronavirus in Juvenile Facilities

• Do Black Lives Matter? Look at Florida children in child welfare and juvenile justice | Opinion

• Youth offenders can forgo traditional court system for Teen Court

• The Senate must pass the updated HEROES Act to protect justice-involved youth

• Jail Employees Face Charges After Using ‘Baby Shark’ Song to Punish Inmates