A judicial review application to ban the use of unregulated accommodation for 16 and 17 year olds has been dismissed by the High Court. The government banned the use of unregulated establishments, which provide accommodation but limited or no support for children in care, for those under 16 inRead More →
Photo: LA County Probation Department Campus Kilpatrick is a juvenile camp located in Los Angeles County. Photo: LA County Probation Department Campus Kilpatrick is a juvenile camp located in Los Angeles County. Poor and inconsistent teaching and student apathy were among the findings of a citizen review of the educationRead More →
“The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime that Changed Their Lives” by journalist and author Dashka Slater is a nonfiction for young adults that examines complex issues. Slater is the author of Portage CommuniTeen 2022. The teens and their community read “The 57 Bus” inRead More →
ATLANTA – Deep Center and the Berkeley Law Policy Advocacy Clinic will host The High Cost of Fines and Fees in the Juvenile Justice System, an overview of the state of fines and fees for young people in Georgia. Across the country, youth and their families face monetary burdens forRead More →
Through Nicole AlcindorCP Reporter | Tuesday, February 15, 2022 Nigel and Sally Rowe will continue to take legal action in about three months in the first case in which the UK High Court will conduct a judicial review based on the alleged harm that transgender affirmation policies could have onRead More →
The High Court will this week (8-9 February) hear a complaint that the Secretary of State for Education irrationally discriminated against foster children aged 16 and 17 by passing secondary legislation which only protects children aged 15 and under. The legal challenge was launched by child rights charityRead More →
Thank you for putting an end to the alarmism with your editorial on the parole and rehabilitation of prisoners, and for helping us to imagine long-term solutions to violence. The criminal justice system in Illinois is very good at punishing people. We have nearly 40,000 people behind bars. Thousands ofRead More →
The urgent need to address racial disparities in the criminal justice system in Avon and Somerset has been highlighted in a major new report. Stop and search, juvenile justice, extrajudicial alienations, prisons and the justice system are covered by the 83 recommendations made by Desmond Brown, who chaired the reviewRead More →
Under current law, there are more than two dozen offenses that can send minors to the adult justice system, including rape, murder, carjacking and firearms offences. This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s press partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Jabriera HandyRead More →
The Maryland State House. Photo by Danielle E. Gaines. Jabriera Handy told lawmakers she was coerced into confessing to second-degree murder as a teenager in order to have her case heard in juvenile court. His grandmother suffered a heart attack and died during an argument with Handy. She was chargedRead More →
Contact: Emile Creel STARKVILLE, Mississippi—Two researchers at the Mississippi State University Center for Social Science Research are receiving $597,000 from the National Institute of Justice to examine practices in Mississippi’s juvenile justice system. SSRC Research Professor and Associate Director Angela Robertson and Assistant Research Professor Sheena Gardner are teaming upRead More →
The mother of a 13-year-old boy who died after he was allegedly pushed into a river is awaiting a ruling on the merits of a decision not to prosecute a teenager accused of being responsible. Christopher Kapessa was allegedly pushed into the River Cynon near Fernhill, Rhondda Cynon Taff, byRead More →