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Greater focus on crime sparks another wave of juvenile justice bills
Maine Morning Star via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoFor decades, state legislators and criminal justice advocates have worked to change the juvenile...
The crisis facing children leaving North Carolina’s juvenile justice system | Opinion
Charlotte Observer· 6 days agoThe juvenile justice system in North Carolina is receiving significant attention around rising crime...
Café Momentum offers positive life skills to kids impacted by juvenile justice system
WABE· 3 days agoOn any given day, nearly 60,000 youth are incarcerated in juvenile jails and prisons in the United...
Indiana's juvenile detention centers disproportionately detain Black boys
Gannett via AOL· 1 day agoThere have been challenges tackling disparities in the juvenile justice system for decades and city...
NC lawmakers agree to change how teen suspects are tried. Why some Democrats pushed back.
AOL· 2 days agoThe bill requires 16- and 17-year-olds who commit certain felonies to be tried first as adults in the state’s superior courts. Currently, those juveniles are tried in the ...
Why a ‘reimagined’ detention system for juveniles has stalled in LA County
Los Angeles Daily News· 5 days agoThe progressive policy pledged to invest in a new Department of Youth Development — an agency...
Sedgwick County Juvenile Detention Facility working to help youth in custody
KSNW Wichita via Yahoo News· 1 day agoHe said that roughly half of those kids require substance use or mental health support. He adds that...
A former Idaho Supreme Court chief justice who was awarded two Purple Hearts has died - East Idaho...
EastIdahoNews.com· 23 hours agoA former Idaho Supreme Court justice who was an Army veteran and helped establish Ada County’s drug...
Dozens more former youth inmates sue over alleged sexual abuse at Illinois detention centers - WTOP...
WTOP Washington· 4 days agoCourt of Claims against the state Department of Corrections and the state Department of Juvenile Justice. Each plaintiff is seeking $2 million in damages ...
Advocates for Louisiana children in justice system criticize Loftin's approval as OJJ head
WBRZ 2 Baton Rouge· 3 days agoAn advocacy group for juveniles kept within the Louisiana justice system on Tuesday criticized state...