JJIEnews Archive
Imagine if your child was formally held accountable for an alleged offense within the juvenile court system. During this process, as a result of state law (to your surprise), the general public is granted access to the hearings.
Substance Use Among Teens Is Never Benign By Kathleen Meyers | May 31, 2016 Each year at prom and graduation time, many families allow alcohol use at celebratory parties for their underage children with the view that they will be …
We Must Decriminalize Trauma for Girls with Histories of Abuse or Neglect By Neha Desai and Dr. Allison Briscoe-Smith Girls’ involvement in the juvenile justice system is growing disproportionately at a time when arrest rates for boys are declining. And …
At Carnegie Hall, Brooklyn Teens Get to Work with Pros on Their Songs By Emma Hernandez NEW YORK — In the Resnick Education Wing 10 floors above the main stages of historic Carnegie Hall, a teenage girl named Breanni stood …
White America Needs a Good Long Hangover By Judge George Timberlake, Ret. | May 4, 2016 Over the decades of a long career, I’ve attended countless professional conferences, and more often than not, I’ve come away reinvigorated with a briefcase …
Troubled No More, Youths Bring Stories of Their Resilience to Probation Professionals By Daryl Khan | April 26, 2016 BOSTON — Twenty-two years seems like an awfully short time to already be talking about redemption. But the young man sitting …
RALEIGH, North Carolina — Once each month a conference room in an employment center tucked in the corner of an office park becomes a one-stop shop for second chances. Scores of people who were formerly incarcerated or have had run-ins …
By Jeff Wallace | March 30, 2016 (Part 1 of 2) Solitary confinement is a practice that has been used in the U.S. prison system since 1829. It is based on a Quaker belief that prisoners isolated in stone cells …
By Daniel Macallair | March 16, 2016 Unprecedented declines in youth crime, combined with state policies designed to restrict state institutional commitments, have caused , as I wrote in a previous column. The crashing number of confined youths is not …
Millions of Us Are Affected by Draconian Prison Penalties By Kate Boccia | March 7, 2016 A crisis is defined as “a stage in a sequence of events at which the trend of all future events is determined.” It is …
