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NH Paying $10M For Gang Rape In State Youth Detention Unit
The New Hampshire attorney general agreed to a $10 million to a man who alleged that he was gang-raped in a stairwell at the state’s...
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6 days ago2 min read
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Thousands Suing Over Sexual Abuse In Juvenile Detention Facilities
Thousands of people are suing Maryland under the Child Victims Act, a 2023 law that lifted the 20-year statute of limitations on lawsuits...
Crime and Justice News
Mar 192 min read
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LA Governor Plans To Reopen Juvenile Prison Closed Years Ago
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry plans to reopen a Baton Rouge-area youth prison shuttered a little over a decade ago with support at the time...
Crime and Justice News
Feb 272 min read
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Older TN Teens Charged With Murder Must Be Tried As Adults
Teens 16 and older charged with murder or attempted murder in Tennessee will now face life in prison due to a new “mandatory transfer”...
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Feb 72 min read
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How U.S. Cut Youth Incarceration By 77 Percent In Two Decades
Between 2000 and 2020, the number of young people incarcerated in the U.S. declined by 77 percent. "If you think of juvenile...
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Feb 22 min read
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Philadelphia DA's Juvenile Justice Reforms Are Not Working
Amid abuse scandals at juvenile institutions and research documenting the harms of locking up kids, leaders nationwide have called for...
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Jan 282 min read
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Police Ticketing Misbehaving Students Is Illegal, IL AG Says
In a strong rebuke yet of Illinois school districts that ask police to ticket misbehaving students, the state attorney general has...
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Nov 25, 20242 min read
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LA Voters To Decide Whether More Teens Can Be Sent To Adult Prisons
Louisiana voters will decide whether to make it easier to send younger teenagers to adult prisons. The Louisiana Legislature approved a...
Crime and Justice News
Nov 25, 20242 min read
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PA Man Who Killed Boy, 7, Seeks High Sentence, Gets 60 Years To Life
A 20-year-old from Erie, Pa., who killed a 7-year-old boy in a gang-related shooting nearly got his wish that a judge sentence him to...
Crime and Justice News
Nov 6, 20241 min read
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Maryland Juvenile Justice Reform Likely To Boost Caseloads
Prosecutors, defense attorneys and justice reform advocates agree that changes to Maryland's juvenile justice laws that took effect last...
Crime and Justice News
Nov 5, 20242 min read
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Maryland GOP Seeks To Remove Juvenile Justice Chief Schiraldi
Maryland Juvenile Services Secretary Vincent Schiraldi vowed to “stay on this job,” responding to members of the General Assembly and...
Crime and Justice News
Oct 20, 20242 min read
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Louisiana To Spend Millions Expanding Youth Detention
Louisiana officials expect to put tens of millions of dollars over the next two months into expanding juvenile detention centers that...
Crime and Justice News
Oct 15, 20242 min read
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Louisiana OKs Use Of Pepper Spray In Juvenile Detention Centers
The Louisiana state Office of Juvenile Justice (OJJ) has authorized the use of mace and pepper spray in local juvenile detention...
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Sep 11, 20242 min read
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Florida Juveniles Get Stiffer Sentences Than Adults
A Miami Herald investigation found that judges are giving teens transferred to adult courts higher sentences on average for felony...
Crime and Justice News
Aug 13, 20242 min read
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Justice Department Says TX Texas Juvenile Centers Violated Rights
The U.S. Department of Justice identified unconstitutional conditions in all five of Texas' juvenile detention centers, where children...
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Aug 2, 20242 min read
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Omaha's $27M Juvenile Jail May Never Open
The new juvenile detention center in downtown Omaha, Neb., features comfortable rooms, common spaces with flat-screen TVs and orderly...
Crime and Justice News
Jul 24, 20242 min read
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What Cities Have Learned About Curfew Centers To Cut Youth Crime
City leaders in Jackson, Mississippi are looking to set up “youth engagement centers” in tandem with a recently passed curfew ordinance...
Crime and Justice News
Jul 10, 20242 min read
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High Court Won't Review Challenge to Arizona Juvenile Life Sentences
Over the dissents of its three liberal members, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday that it would not hear an appeal from a juvenile...
Crime and Justice News
Jul 3, 20242 min read
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L.A. County Juvenile Officers Regularly Call Out For Work Due To Violence In Facilities
Officers at Los Angeles County’s two juvenile halls frequently call out for work — meaning they don’t show up for their scheduled shifts...
Crime and Justice News
Jun 28, 20241 min read
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Chicago's Limited Support Fails Arrested Youths
Over the past twenty years, Chicago's leaders have spent millions aiming to treat arrested children more compassionately, diverging from...
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Jun 28, 20242 min read
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