Youth Justice

New Report Urges Cost-Effective Reforms of Juvenile Justice Systems

July 14, 2010
New analysis by the National Juvenile Justice Network shows that we can save money and better help justice-involved youth when we use alternatives to incarceration.

New Report Urges Cost-Effective Reforms of Juvenile Justice Systems

New Virginia Law to Keep Youth Out of Adult Jail

June 2, 2010
The new law, passed unanimously by the Virginia legislature, places all youth, unless transferred by a judge, in youth facilities rather than adult jails (Legal Aid Justice Center).

New Virginia Law to Keep Youth Out of Adult Jail
May 28, 2010

Bill Passed to Remove Most 17-Year-Olds from Adult Criminal Court in Mississippi

June 2, 2010
A few weeks ago, Mississippi legislators got smart and signed into law SB 2969 which turns most 17-year-old youth over to juvenile court (Campaign for Youth Justice).
Bill Passed to Remove Most 17-Year-Olds from Adult Criminal Court in Mississippi
May 28, 2010
Campaign for Youth Justice

Graphic booklet sent home with Portland schoolkids shocks parents

May 21, 2010
This past week, students in Portland's public schools were given pamphlets warning them about the severe penalties that Measure 11 imposes (Oregonian).

Justices Bar Life Terms for Youths Who Haven’t Killed

May 17, 2010
The Supreme Court has ruled that teenagers may not be locked up for life without chance of parole if they haven't killed anyone. (New York Times)
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Making the Road by Walking It – Ten Years on the Road with PSJ

April 23, 2010
Take a look back with us at our first 10 years as an organization, starting with our founding as Western Prison Project in 1999, and refresh your memory about or learn about the road we've traveled to become the Partnership for Safety and Justice, an organization with a holistic vision for reform.

Article by Caylor Roling

Looking Back, Moving Forward (JM-Spring 2010)

April 23, 2010
This issue we are Looking Back at where we've been as an organization and exploring the road ahead as we are Moving Forward.

In this issue:

Video: Life in Prison For Teens

March 23, 2010
This CNN video report looks at life sentences for juveniles and asks, Are our current policies just too harsh?

Video - Youth in the Adult Prisons

March 1, 2010
A Campaign for Youth Justice documentary that sheds light on the growing problem of convicting youth as adults and sending them to the adult prison system. Young prisoners and moms tell the horrifying truth about how young lives are ruined in the adult system.

 

The Teen Brain: It's Just Not Grown Up Yet

March 1, 2010
When adolescence hit Frances Jensen's sons, she often found herself wondering, like all parents of teenagers, "What were you thinking?" "It's a resounding mantra of parents and teachers," says Jensen, who's a pediatric neurologist at Children's Hospital in Boston. (NPR)

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