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Crime and Justice News
Aug 31, 20221 min read
Violence Mars Louisiana Experiment in Juvenile Rehabilitation
Three years after Louisiana opened what it touted as a kinder, gentler model of juvenile rehabilitation, its new approach to juvenile...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 31, 20221 min read
Juvenile Diversion an 'Untapped Opportunity'
A new report by The Sentencing Project calls pre-arrest and pre-trial diversion “a crucial, untapped opportunity” to fix racially...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 26, 20222 min read
Youth Probation Conditions Can Set Them Up For Failure, Report Says
Research shows that the most effective way to reduce recidivism for youth in the juvenile justice system is to identify and address the...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 25, 20222 min read
Youth Arrests For Violent Crime Reached New Low In Pandemic
Violent crime arrests involving youth have been on the decline, says a new report from the Justice Department's Office of Juvenile...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 18, 20221 min read
Number of Youths in Detention Almost Back Up To Pre-COVID Level
A monthly survey of youth justice agencies by the Annie E. Casey Foundation found that the dramatic drop in youth detention that...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 18, 20221 min read
Ex-PA Judges Ordered To Pay $200M For Roles In 'Kids For Cash' Scandal
Two former Pennsylvania judges sentenced to prison for sending children to detention centers in exchange for kickbacks were ordered to...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 12, 20221 min read
One In Eight Youths Born in 2000 Were Referred to Juvenile Court
About one of every eight young people born in 2000 from places participating in a federal study were referred to juvenile court at least...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 10, 20222 min read
Officials Say Texas Youth Prisons Near Systemic Collapse
Texas’ youth prison system urgently needs money to deal with a growing crisis, in which children are at times locked in cells 23 hours a...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 15, 20221 min read
Restitution System For Juvenile Offenders Doesn't Work, Critics Say
Thousands of convicted teens and young adults are paying restitution to compensate their victims for the costs of their crimes, the New...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 17, 20221 min read
Philadelphia City Council Likely To Set 10 p.m. Curfew For Minors
Next week, the Philadelphia City Council will vote on a to set a 10 p.m. curfew for 14 to 17-year-olds, The Philadelphia Inquirer...
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Crime and Justice News
May 4, 20221 min read
Louisiana Reconfiguring Teen Prisons After Assaults On Staff
Michele Piazza’s face swelled up with bruises. Her leg was broken in more than one place. She was beaten so severely that a year later,...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 28, 20221 min read
$1M Bail For Juvenile Suspect Accused of Killing WI Girl, 10
Wisconsin police launched a homicide investigation into a 14-year-old boy after discovering the body of a 10-year-old girl near a walking...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 24, 20222 min read
High Youth Recidivism Rates Despite MN Juvenile Justice Reforms
More than a decade ago, Minnesota lawmakers, prosecutors and judges overhauled the juvenile justice system. Locking kids up, routine for...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 18, 20221 min read
SC To Reform Youth Prison After DOJ Suit Alleging Deficiencies
The South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice will reform its beleaguered central prison for youths under a settlement agreement with...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 16, 20222 min read
Youth Detention in U.S. 'Vastly Understated,' Advocates Say
The U.S. incarcerates a high number of children and adolescents every year, at least 240,000 cases in 2019. Disproportionately, they are...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 18, 20221 min read
Ex-Prosecutors Urge DOJ to Reconsider Life for Juveniles
A group of former federal, state, and local prosecutors has urged the Justice Department to reconsider how it punishes juveniles accused...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 17, 20222 min read
CT Will Be First State With Free Phone Calls To Juvenile Inmates
When Diane Lewis’ 17-year-old son was locked up in an adult prison, she got caught in a spiral of spending funds intended for household...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 15, 20221 min read
Marion Mattingly Dies; Juvenile Justice Advocate For Decades
Marion Mattingly, 92, an well-known Washington, D.C., activist for juvenile justice, died Dec. 31 at 92, the Washington Post reports....
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 1, 20222 min read
Does Poor Treatment in Youth Prisons Lead to More Crime?
Texas prosecutors sent Terence Andrus to death row when the 20-year-old, high on PCP, tried to steal cars in a Houston suburb and ended...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 25, 20221 min read
CT Court Tosses 60-Year Term Based On False 'Superpredator' Theory
The Connecticut Supreme Court threw out a man’s 60-year prison sentence imposed in 1997 because the sentencing judge said he was a...
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