Reforms for NY's Juvenile Justice System Fail in the Legislature

... juvenile criminal legal systems. These systems penalize poverty, disproportionately affect people of color, and fail to end cycles of crime. As a result ...

Children's Rights in the Juvenile Justice System

That agreement resulted in doubling the number of youth defenders to represent children and hiring a statistician to regularly collect and ...

Planning for the Future of Juvenile Justice - U.S. Courts

There have been many significant changes, most of them imposed upon the court by external agents; they include legislative changes to the juvenile code, ...

What Juvenile Court Abolitionists Can Learn from the Failures of ...

recent changes in the juvenile justice system is ill-suited for juvenile offenders. Finally, I will make some observations about the best path for juvenile ...

Tennessee Juvenile Detention Oversight Bill Fails Despite Outcry ...

... legislature,” Campbell said. Crews is ... But Roberts said the bill's failure this year is not going to stop him from reforming the system.

Criminal Justice - American Legislative Exchange Council

The American Legislative Exchange Council is proud to be a leader on criminal justice reform. ... failed corrections practices, our criminal justice system has ...

Keeping Youth out of the Adult System — CfJJ

The juvenile system can hold younger justice-involved emerging adults accountable while providing them with developmentally appropriate services tailored for ...

H.R.6964 - 115th Congress (2017-2018): An act to reauthorize and ...

Public Law No: 115-385 (12/21/2018). Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2017 ... youth who come into contact with the juvenile justice system. It retains the ...

Q&A: Putting Research to Practice in Juvenile Justice and Child ...

... was a monumental year for criminal justice reform in New York. At the ... There is plenty of research suggesting that systems will fail if their workforces are ...

Winnable criminal justice reforms in 2024 | Prison Policy Initiative

We list some high-impact policy ideas for state legislators and advocates who are looking to reform their criminal justice system without making it bigger.

Juvenile Justice Reform - Commonwealth Foundation

Limit financial penalties from sending youth deeper into the juvenile system by eliminating financial obligations and ensuring payments to ...

Bill Text - SB-823 Juvenile justice realignment: Office of Youth and ...

It is further the intent of the Legislature to end placements of justice system ... changes to the juvenile justice system. (6) An analysis of how this new ...

Bill tracking in New York - S 3104 (2023-2024 legislative session ...

enforcement and the juvenile legal system. While ... NY's Antiquated Prejudicial Juvenile Justice Record Provisions," ... Juvenile Law Center, Failed ...

Bail Reform | Vera Institute

The New York law promises to have a significant effect on mass incarceration: some estimate that the state could see a 40 percent reduction in its pretrial jail ...

Resolution, Reinvestment, and Realignment

All three strategies have been used effectively to reform juvenile justice systems, but this report suggests that realignment may be the best choice for ...

OVERVIEW of the Developmental Evaluation of Juvenile Justice ...

At the same time that major reforms were underway in Nebraska's juvenile justice system, the child welfare system was undergoing a process of privatization that ...

Criminal justice reform push comes as state budget negotiations ...

Kathy Hochul, who cited the risk of courts being flooded with “frivolous claims.” Now the bill finds itself in the state Senate's one-house ...

NY criminal justice policies on shaky ground after 5 years of bail ...

Two high-profile progressive laws that passed five years ago — bail reform and discovery reform — have since sparked fierce criticism from law ...

Juvenile Rights Practice Special Litigation and Law Reform Unit

The Juvenile Rights Special Litigation and Law Reform Unit (SLLRU) addresses systemic issues affecting children in the child welfare and juvenile legal systems.

Citing failures, Minnesota DFL lawmakers push juvenile justice ...

Minnesota Democrats have launched a concerted push to enact the most significant legislative changes to the state's juvenile justice system in more than a ...