Juvenile Justice

Dozens of youth and advocates gathered in the Bronx to voice support for two pivotal youth justice bills headed to the state Legislature.

On this week’s episode we discuss the rebounding of child poverty rates as COVID-19 era fiscal support went away; truth and reconciliation in South Korea; and a potential Supreme Court case over gender-affirming care  Jody Kent Lavy, co-executive director of the Campaign for The Fair Sentencing of Youth, joins to discuss the history of the campaign, the push to end juvenile life without parole sentences and what comes next as more states provide a meaningful chance at freedom.

Inocencio died in July after three decades of publishing writing and art from inside California juvenile halls and beyond.

Dozens gathered in Rochester, New York, at a rare meeting of parents, community service providers, and attorneys to discuss juvenile justice.

Mary S. Washington intends to sue Franklin County, Ohio, saying the way guards handled her son after a fight worsened his injuries. 

Authors argue that the fees and costs put on youth involved in the juvenile system are unjust and ineffective

Suit alleges employee with more than a dozen prior felony convictions smuggled drugs into the facility and failed to do required check-ins.

Amid historic reforms to California’s youth justice system, the state is investing in higher education for young people in lockups.

California’s youth prisons have closed their steel doors for good, marking the end of what was once the nation’s largest youth prison system.