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Kid CAT hygiene drive returns to SQ

March 20, 2023 by Charles Crow

Incarcerated give to homelessyouth of Huckleberry House  Members of San Quentin’s Kid CAT program looked like a troop of Santa Clauses as they … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Health and Wellness, Prison Stories, Rehabilitation Corner, Youth Offender

SF DA moves to block judge from hearing juvenile cases

February 15, 2023 by C.K. Gerhartsreiter

Jenkins alleges bias against prosecution San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins’ office has used a state law on judicial impartiality to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: Youth Offender

TENNESSEE: Juvenile life sentence unconstitutional

February 15, 2023 by C.K. Gerhartsreiter

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Court: Can ‘offend contemporary standards of decency’ Tennessee’s top court says it’s unconstitutional and cruel and unusual punishment to require … [Read more...]

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Court reverses earlier ruling on juvenile life sentences

February 15, 2023 by Patrick Demery

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Decision ‘profoundly’ limits sentencingprotections for underage offenders A divided Washington State Supreme Court abandoned its own precedent, … [Read more...]

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Hawaiian youth corrections eliminates imprisonment of girls

January 19, 2023 by Jad Salem

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...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted, YOUTH OFFENDERS Tagged With: Youth Offender

LAW & POLICY – SF DA reinstates policy allowing juveniles to be charged as adults

January 18, 2023 by C.K. Gerhartsreiter

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...]

Filed Under: LEGAL, Recently Posted, YOUTH OFFENDERS Tagged With: Youth Offender

LA supes strike down motion to close juvenile detention camp

September 13, 2022 by Bruce Bowman

An LA County Supervisor’s effort to close a deteriorating youth detention was thwarted after other supervisors voted the proposal down, according to … [Read more...]

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Los Angeles drug diversion efforts fizzle

September 13, 2022 by Jerry Maleek Gearin

Three-quarters of eligible offenders decline program; Gov. Newsom suggests mandated treatment for addicts, mentally ill The drug diversion program … [Read more...]

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California closing youth prisons 

July 20, 2022 by Randy Hansen

California is gearing up to make dramatic changes in its juvenile incarceration system. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation in 2020 to close the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Most Read, Recently Posted, YOUTH OFFENDERS Tagged With: Institutions, Juvenile Justice, Youth Offender

CDC examines racial disparities in gun-related murders

April 20, 2022 by Edwin Chavez

Young Black men are 20 times more likely to by killed by guns than Whites, a federal report says.  Black males age 15–34 made up 2% of the United … [Read more...]

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