Bobby Hines was fresh out of eighth grade when he and two older boys confronted a suspected drug dealer in Detroit whom they believed had stolen a fri...
Dawn Turner | Posted 05.15.2012
Our nation's youth, especially in California, need our voices, our advocacy, and our efforts. Let's find ways to invest and believe in our youth, and champion alternatives for reform of the juvenile justice system.
Posted 04.26.2012
A coalition of students protested outside Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's office Tuesday, calling on the city to implement new disciplinary policies that...
The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 05.18.2012
By Susan FerrissiWatch NewsAs a national debate heats up over appropriate student discipline, new data from Los Angeles reveal that school police th...
Posted 04.24.2012
While all eyes were on pot smokers celebrating their unofficial holiday on 4/20 in Colorado, Gov. Hickenlooper signed a bill into law that diminishes ...
Robert Listenbee Jr. | Posted 04.20.2012
It is not acceptable for us to sit by when we hear reports about a young student who was killed by a stray bullet, or attacked while walking home. We need the faith community, businesses and all levels of government to be a part of the solution.
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 04.20.2012
Originally published on Youthradio.org, the premier source for youth generated news throughout the globe. By: Sayre Quevedo It's widely assumed th...
Bonnie Saltzman | Posted 04.18.2012
The time has come for juvenile direct file reform in Colorado. Brain research has come a long way since 1993, and we are so close to using this evidence and research to guide our juvenile justice system.
Posted 04.24.2012
For juveniles, "direct file" is a phrase that means that in the eyes of the law you've become an adult overnight and may go to an adult prison. Ne...
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 05.29.2012
By: Sayre Quevedo For more than thirty years, it's been Barry Krisberg's priority to fight for reforms in California's state juvenile correction...
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 05.29.2012
By: Joaquin E. DiazDeLeon Photo Credit: Brett Myers/Youth Radio I didn’t learn much of anything while I was locked inside California’s ...
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 05.29.2012
By: Sayre Quevedo In 2005, California's juvenile prison system got a face lift. The name changed from CYA, short for California Youth Authority, to t...
Kim Dvorchak | Posted 05.26.2012
House Bill 1271 improves the system of selecting youth for adult prosecution by providing youth due process; the right to a hearing and judicial review over the decision to remove them from juvenile court.
Sonja Sohn | Posted 05.20.2012
Today the Supreme Court hears the cases of two young men who were sentenced to die in prison as 14-year-old children. The Court should find that young people sentenced to life without parole as children cannot be deemed beyond hope of rehabilitation. Kids can, and do, change.
HuffPost Crime | David Lohr | Posted 03.16.2012
The Supreme Court will hear arguments next week on whether it is cruel and unusual punishment to sentence juveniles to life in prison. The controve...
Jacqueline Caster | Posted 05.15.2012
It's time America finally bucks the influence of those who financially benefit from an expanded prison industry as well as the "tough on crime" contingency and invest serious dollars in a "diversion track" to perfectly parallel the juvenile justice system of incarceration.
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 05.09.2012
By: Sayre Quevedo In the coming months the state of California will see much of its juvenile state prison responsibilities handed down to counties. I...
AP | Posted 03.09.2012
DETROIT -- A 14-year-old Detroit boy will stand trial as an adult in the shooting death of his 36-year-old mother. A 36th District Court judge determ...
David Fassler, M.D. | Posted 04.25.2012
Research using functional magnetic resonance imaging has demonstrated that adolescents actually use their brains differently than adults when reasoning or solving problems.
Rhea Perlman | Posted 04.16.2012
The most important element of the foster care system is getting kids out of foster care and into a permanent placement so they don't have to spend their entire childhoods in courtrooms, wondering if they will ever have a place to call home.
HuffingtonPost.com | Kathleen Miles | Posted 03.29.2012
LOS ANGELES -- Troy Isaac never made it past the fifth grade. "I was locked up when I was 12 and didn't make it out until I was 36," he said. As so...
HuffingtonPost.com | Lizzie Schiffman | Posted 01.25.2012
CHICAGO -- As Chicago Public Schools have become increasingly dependent on the police department to control student behavior on school grounds, a disp...
David Chura | Posted 02.21.2012
If anyone doubts that the young people locked up in our jails are children, they should spend some time in one of those prisons around holiday time.
HuffingtonPost.com | Lizzie Schiffman | Posted 12.14.2011
"One Commissioner observed a hearing in which there was 'no time for introduction or discussion. [The Prisoner Review Board hearing officer] was readi...
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 02.01.2012
Originally published on Youthradio.org, the premier source for youth generated news throughout the globe. By: Sayre Quevedo In Washington D.C., the...
HuffingtonPost.com | Trymaine Lee | Posted 05.16.2012