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Crime and Justice News
May 1, 20232 min read
Troubled Texas Juvenile Prisons Sending More Youth To Adult Units
Desperate to restore order in the five youth prisons it operates, the Texas Juvenile Justice Department (TJJD) has been asking judges to...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 26, 20231 min read
Texas Firing 7 Prison Employees After 16-Year-Old Commits Suicide
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) is moving to fire seven employees for failing to check on a 16-year-old boy who died by...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 11, 20232 min read
Critics Fear 'Shadow' Justice System Harms California Youth Prisons
Two and a half years after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed laws meant to provide better community-based alternatives to California’s...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 28, 20232 min read
Shootings Of Baltimore Teens Rise As Overall Gun Violence Falls
Decades after losing her older brother to gun violence, Michelle Hines tried everything to keep her teenage son safe: checking in...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 24, 20233 min read
OJJDP's Ryan Wants To Get More Youth Out Of 'Toxic' Prisons
Liz Ryan’s appointment to head the Justice Department's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) has been met with...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 15, 20232 min read
'Second Look' Case Illustrates Long Odds and System's Pitfalls
Recently enacted "second look" laws and local sentencing review units in certain cities exist to correct excessive and disproportionate...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 14, 20232 min read
D.C. Mayor Fires Juvenile Justice Chief, Gives No Reason
Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser ousted the director of the city’s youth rehabilitation services agency, asking the longtime...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 23, 20232 min read
Violence Among Children Up Sharply Since 2020 Amid COVID
Violence among children has soared since 2020, a stark reversal of a decadeslong decline in juvenile crime. In the U.S., homicides...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 23, 20232 min read
Lawsuits Allege Decades Of Abuse In Los Angeles County Youth Jails
Maisha was 16 years old when an officer inside Los Angeles juvenile hall began to take interest in her. Over time it progressed to the...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 10, 20231 min read
Number of Incarcerated Juveniles Fell to All-Time Low in 2020
The number of children incarcerated in juvenile prisons across the U.S. fell to an all-time low in 2020, the latest year of available...
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By Heaven LaMartz
Dec 9, 20223 min read
Addressing the National Juvenile Justice System Staffing Crisis
Juvenile justice systems across the U.S. are experiencing a staffing crisis that spans corrections, probation, and service provider...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 27, 20222 min read
How CA Judge Came To Release Woman He Sentenced 41 Years Ago
Senior California appeals judge Anthony Kline, 83, asked to serve as a juvenile court judge, which he had done 40 years earlier, in 1981....
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 25, 20223 min read
Amid Crime Rise, Prosecutors Defend Trying Juveniles As Adults
In some states, juveniles are automatically charged in adult court for certain serious crimes. It's a practice known as direct file. In...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 20, 20222 min read
TN High Court, 3-2, Voids Mandatory Life Terms For Teen Killers
The Tennessee Supreme Court ruled a state law mandating life sentences for juvenile homicide offenders is unconstitutional, saying it is...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 17, 20222 min read
Texas Juvenile Prison Pay Raises Haven't Fixed Staffing Crisis
The Texas Juvenile Justice Department raised officer pay 15 percent in July to confront a long-running staffing and safety crisis. The...
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By Heaven LaMartz
Nov 17, 20223 min read
Speakers Urge Better Care for Youth In Justice System
Advocates for reducing juvenile incarceration told a recent webinar audience that the sooner trauma and other problems are addressed, the...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 27, 20222 min read
Federal Regulation Sought For 'Gooning' Kids To School, Treatment
Within the 'secure transport industry', it’s called “gooning.” Brawny men show up under the cover of darkness and force a teenager into a...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 14, 20222 min read
Children In Texas Youth Prison System Unable To Access Toilets
This summer, children in Texas' youth prison systems faced poor conditions such as being trapped in their cells, and forced to urinate in...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 6, 20221 min read
Maryland County Adjoining D.C. Will Impose Curfew On Juveniles
Prince George’s County, Md., Executive Angela Alsobrooks said that a curfew would go into effect for juveniles 17 and younger for 30...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 1, 20222 min read
Back to the Future for CA Youth Prison Reform
Less than a year before California's once-massive network of state-run youth prisons completes a gradual shutdown, young people ages 14...
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