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HR 6011 a bill to end children's life without parole

November 15, 2018 by John Lam

A Republican congressman introduced a bill to end life-without-parole and defacto life sentences for children in the federal criminal justice … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice, Youth Offender Tagged With: Arkansas, incarcerated youth, life sentence, North Dakota, texas, Utah, youth offenders

Committee recommends better youth treatment

March 20, 2018 by John Lam

A committee made sweeping recommendations on the use of pepper spray, shackling, visitation rights and vegetarian meal options for incarcerated … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Youth Offender Tagged With: incarcerated youth, pepper spray, shackling, vegetarian meal, visitation rights

Youth correctional facility helps 15 offenders graduate

January 18, 2018 by Noel Scott

Fifteen students graduated Johanna Boss High School inside the OH Close Youth Correctional Facility Oct. 20. The youth celebrated the occasion with attending family and DJJ staff

Fifteen youth offenders graduated last month from Johanna Boss High School, which is inside the O.H. Close Youth Correctional Facility in Stockton. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: California, Campaign for Youth Justice, incarcerated youth, Washington DC, youth offenders

The over use of pepper spray on juveniles

October 1, 2017 by John Lam

Guards at a Wisconsin youth detention facility were found to have pepper-sprayed teenage inmates more than 100 times in the first six months of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Youth Offender Tagged With: incarcerated youth, Wisconsin

‘Dirty Look’ Gets Teen Girl More Prison Time

October 1, 2015 by John Lam

‘The only misconduct tickets she received prior to the new sentence were for defying an order and giving a guard an ‘intimidating look,’ and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Youth Offender Tagged With: female inmates, incarcerated youth, Michigan

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