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Babysitter Murder Case to Stay in Juvenile Court
The 11 year old babysitter accused of killing a toddler in Sandy Springs will face charges in juvenile court, not adult court. As expected, the Fulton County D.A.’s office made the only decision...
View ArticleDJJ Escapes Draconian Budget Cuts, But Still Faces New Belt Tightening
Governor Nathan Deal’s first State of the State address is making headlines for his promise to end teacher furloughs, prioritize K-12 education, and rescue HOPE scholarships. A close reading of his...
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Massachusetts Bill Targets Assaults within Juvenile Facilities
Massachusetts lawmakers are outraged following reports that the state’s Department of Youth Services (DYS) refuses to report assaults on staffers by juvenile offenders. A new bill before the...
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Lack of Data From States Hinders Implementation of Effective Juvenile Justice
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) released a report this month that discusses juvenile transfers to adult court and the problem of gathering reliable information about...
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County Police Called to Quell Riot at Georgia YDC
Operations have returned to normal at the DeKalb County Regional Youth Detention Center (RYDC) after local law enforcement were called in to secure the facility following a riot this past Sunday. More...
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Through Her Eyes, Girls and Women in the Juvenile Justice System
It was like a giant switchboard, the kind you see in 30s and 40s movies, a bevy of operators plugging in a crisscross of wires, taking calls, making connections, a cacophony of chatter. That image came...
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The Story of an Armed Robbery and a Second Chance, Part 2
Editor’s Note: This is part two of a two-part opinion piece written by Judge Teske. Part one appeared in this space Tuesday. James and Matthew — the boys who robbed Henry, a pizza deliveryman, at gun...
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Ending Sexual Assault in Youth Detention Centers
Rampant violence and civil rights abuses in juvenile prisons are prompting calls to shut them down. In the wake of scandals in 2017 in Texas and Florida where correctional officers were accused of...
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Frustrated Parents, Advocates Starting to Sue Over Youth Not Freed Over COVID-19
Two months ago, her son, now 20, had spent the weekend on furlough, being a regular kid instead of a youth locked up in one of Louisiana’s juvenile detention centers. While an ankle monitor measured...
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COVID-19 Reveals Fractures in California’s Failed Youth Correctional System
The fast-moving COVID-19 pandemic is shining a light on the vulnerability of youth in our nation’s approximately 2,000 juvenile correctional facilities who face daily threats to their safety and...
View ArticleAnalysis: Racial disparities in juvenile detention narrowed overall, but...
Black youth were more than four times as likely as white ones to be detained or committed to a juvenile facility, according to a report released this month by The Sentencing Project, which also noted...
View ArticleReport: The scope of youth confinement is vastly understated
See Full Report Author(s): The Sentencing Project – Josh Rovner Published: March 15, 2022 Report Intro/Brief: “The United States incarcerates an alarming number of children and adolescents every year....
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Ex-state adviser implicated in youth center abuse lawsuits
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — The girls at New Hampshire’s youth detention center called their dormitory leader “Peepin’ Dave” because they say he leered at them through a bathroom window. But David Ball,...
View ArticleNew Mexico has lost track of juveniles locked up for life. We found nearly...
The New Mexico Corrections Department has lost track of nearly two dozen prisoners in its custody who are serving life sentences for crimes they committed as children, an error that could keep these...
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Are California counties ready to handle juvenile offenders now that state...
In the months leading up to the June 30 shutdown of California’s more than 100-year-old lockups for juveniles, teenagers through 25-year-olds convicted of crimes such as robbery, rape and murder were...
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