11/4/2024

No Matter Tomorrow’s Outcome, Keep the Momentum Going on Counsel for Kids and Parents

No matter the outcome of the election, Allison Green writes, both parties should continue support for family legal representation

Youth Services Insider

10/11/2024

Bob Schwartz, Founder of Juvenile Law Center, Has Passed Away

Bob Schwartz, the charismatic figure in youth justice reform who co-founded the Juvenile Law Center has died at 75 after a prolonged bout with cancer.

10/9/2024

Lawsuit Claims Disabled Young People in Illinois Prisons Were Denied Special Education for Years

A lawsuit claims Illinois has for nearly two decades failed to provide special education services to young people locked up in adult prisons.

9/26/2024

Liz Ryan Considers 50 Years of a Landmark Law That Keeps Kids Out of Adult Jails

The advocate-turned-federal-administrator shares why the 1974 Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Act still matters.

Conditions Dire at State’s Largest Lockup for Washington Youth

9/24/2024

Conditions Dire at Washington State’s Largest Lockup for Young Adults

Staff misconduct, fights, long cell stays and overcrowding continue to plague the largest youth lockup in Washington state.

9/23/2024

California, Usually Progressive, is Behind The Times on Pepper Spray in Juvenile Halls

While California often leads the way, it is behind the times when it comes to using chemicals in juvenile facilities, Aditi Sherikar writes

    9/6/2024

    In Oakland, a DA’s Vision for Youth Justice Collides With a Recall Movement Leery of Second Chances

    Pamela Price entered the Alameda County DA’s office last year bent on offering young people rehabilitation, not criminalization. Opponents immediately organized to stop her.

    9/3/2024

    Class Action Lawsuit Alleges NYC Police Illegally Share Sealed Juvenile Arrest Records

    A class action suit filed on behalf of three teenagers accuses NYC officers of illegally using and disclosing minors’ sealed arrest records.

    Three Years After Rochester Police Pepper-sprayed a 9-year-old, Here’s What’s Changed — And What Hasn’t

    8/27/2024

    Three Years After Rochester Police Pepper-sprayed a 9-year-old, Here’s What’s Changed — And What Hasn’t

    Since police in Rochester, New York pepper-sprayed a 9-year-old girl in 2021, the city and state have seen reforms in police use of force when it comes to children.