Human rights Archive
*Warning* Article contains Spoilers – if you have not completed the latest Orange is the New Black season please save the read for later! Orange Is The New Black(OITNB) has become a fan favorite in the homes of millions. Millions of …
Imagine you are a five-year-old child and you are unable to hug your mom or dad. A wall divides you from their warm embrace. Never again are you to feel their touch or have the daily experience of their love. …
CYC Youth Put their Voices into ActionFCNI, featuring CYC Youth Sandra Gomez, Celena Malarkey, and Felipe Campoverde, This past February, FCNI sent a group of young foster youth who participate in the local chapter of the California Youth Connection …
How? For most of us, the recovery journey starts as a venture in to the world of feeling. Our poor bodies have been numb for so long, we don’t have any idea what it feels like to feel. It is …
What the Abusers Don’t Want When we go through trauma in childhood, our interpretation can take one of two extremes. It can all seem so random. It can make us feel like the most unlucky people on the planet. How …
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 …
The Obama administration has demonstrated in recent weeks that when it is committed to an issue, it will go to great lengths to make things happen. Take criminal and juvenile justice reform. The president recently initiated a number of policy …
By Amanda Sakuma While the political uproar has died down over the flood of unaccompanied minors caught at the U.S. border, the states taking in the immigrant children continue to grapple with how to welcome – or not – the …
The problems that forced the closure of the Children and Youth Welcome Centers in Los Angeles are not limited to the state’s largest county. Though there is some variation in how California counties deal with housing the children who enter their …
Written by: Alicia Summers, Ph.D., National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges The parens patriae doctrine grants power to the state to intervene and protect children and other vulnerable individuals who are not able to protect themselves. In effect, …
