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.
OJJDP recently introduced a Data Snapshot series to its Statistical Briefing Book to disseminate current research and statistical information about youth in the juvenile justice system. Each one-page snapshot focuses on a specific topic and highlights policy-relevant findings. This new Data Snapshot focuses on trends and characteristics of girls at various stages in the juvenile justice system, including arrest, the juvenile court process, and residential placement.
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The county's juvenile detention center suffers from "significant flaws" in its daily operations that permeate all levels of the facility, according to a recent report compiled by a team of Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Department employees.
The number of youth offenders in state custody has been steadily declining for years, but a Utah legislative audit released Thursday found that Juvenile Justice Services spending has not mirrored the decreasing population in its care.
Funds will support evidence-based programs that provide alternatives to out-of-home placement
Officials are renewing calls for reform at the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Detention Center after a large fight broke out that caused an estimated $200,000 in damages.
Gov. Rick Scott announced some good news toward the end of 2017. Juvenile arrests statewide have dropped to the lowest point in 42 years.
According to a recent delinquency report from the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice, arrests dropped 7 percent in the last fiscal year and 25 percent in the last five years.
California's teenagers can no longer be considered a high crime demographic, following a decades-long slide in youth crime and arrest rates, according to a new study.
Los Angeles has long lagged behind other major U.S. cities when it comes to youth development spending, especially when it comes to comparing city budgets. But now, between juvenile justice reform efforts at the county level and the planned legalization of recreational marijuana in the city, the floodgates to funding may be starting to open.
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A panel that oversees reforms in South Dakota’s juvenile justice system says the state is making progress in keeping minors out of detention centers.
Fifty thousand.
On any given day, that’s roughly the number of children locked up in youth prisons or other out of home confinement throughout the US.
Yes, this year was one of the worst in recent memory. But what if I told you there’s reason to hope — that there is still some good to latch on to?
Well, there is. Here are 11 criminal justice victories to prove it.
The Ventura County District Attorney's Office cited far fewer Ventura County students for missing class during the past school year than in the year before.
Young offenders in juvenile detention don’t get the best education. But those held in solitary confinement can go weeks, even months, without any instruction at all.
Youth courts provide an efficient—albeit unconventional—alternative to the formal juvenile justice system. Although structures of youth courts vary, the purpose remains the same: to rehabilitate and deter youth offenders in a forum largely governed by their minor peers—one free of the stigma associated with the traditional justice system.
Gov. Chris Christie's administration on Thursday cleared its first hurdle in plans to close two juvenile correctional facilities and replace them with three new detention centers.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (localmemphis.com) - Get to troubled kids early and don't lose them in the criminal system. Those are among the final recommendations released late this week from a Tennessee juvenile justice task force.
The high-security Connecticut Juvenile Training School in Middletown, a flash-point for controversy since it was built by the Rowland administration, is finally closing, and the responsibility for kids who are deemed by the court to be juvenile delinquents will shift from DCF to the Judicial Branch.
This report encompasses recommendations intended to provide a starting point for reducing reliance on the use of secure confinement in King County. Some recommendations are aimed at enhancing detention programs and the behavioral techniques of detention staff in managing youth.
It's been 13 years since Cyntoia Brown was sentenced — at the age of 16 — to life in prison for the killing of a man who had picked her up for sex. But this week, thanks the power of celebrities on social media, the case rose to national attention again, and Brown's lawyer said she was "shocked" at the renewed interest.
ASHTABULA, OH — The county Juvenile Court in Ashtabula now has a new destination for low-risk delinquents, aside from a police station or the Youth Detention Center.
