KID CAT OFFERS A CHANCE TO TRANSFORM TRAUMAS INTO LEGACY OF SERVICE outside community bring a powerful currency to San Quentin’s Kid CAT program: … [Read more...]
WILL COUNTY-CENTERED SYSTEM PRODUCE DESIRED REFORMS?
CALIFORNIA TO FULLY SHUTTER YOUTH PRISON SYSTEM After a two-year-long realignment process, California has fully closed its youth prison system, … [Read more...]
CALIFORNIA TO FULLY SHUTTER YOUTH PRISON SYSTEM
YOUTH JUSTICE SYSTEMREALIGNMENT WOBBLING Even with the closure of California’s youth prisons and the state’s shift to a rehabilitation-first focus, … [Read more...]
SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS INTERSECT LINES OF RACE AND SOCIAL CLASS
Research reveals that school suspensions disproportionately impact black female students at a higher rate than their white counter … [Read more...]
Former youth offender earns his freedom
San Quentin resident Philippe “Kellz” Kelly, 39, walked through the prison’s front gates with his newly granted freedom on February 8. Kelly, … [Read more...]
NBA Foundation invests in empowerment of system-impacted youth
NYC nonprofit Avenues for Justiceto receive share of $4.8M foreducation, mentorship programs A New York City-based nonprofit, Avenues for Justice, … [Read more...]
Hawaiian youth corrections eliminates imprisonment of girls
Shift in policy and practice focuses on girls’ history of trauma As of July 2022, there were no girls imprisoned in all of Hawaii, according to … [Read more...]
LAW & POLICY – SF DA reinstates policy allowing juveniles to be charged as adults
Newly elected San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins reinstated the policy of charging 16- and 17-year-olds as adults for crimes that she … [Read more...]
California invests $4.7B to address youth addiction, mental health
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced an allocation of $4.7 billion to cope with mental health and substance abuse problems for the youth of California, the … [Read more...]
PENNSYLVANIA – Number of juveniles charged as adults on the decline
Fewer juvenile offenders are being sent to adult courts as a shift works its way into the American justice system, The Associated Press … [Read more...]