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Reducing Youth Incarceration


Reducing Youth Incarceration - The Annie E. Casey Foundation

We are intensifying efforts to reduce the number of youth placed into correctional institutions and other residential facilities.

System Reforms to Reduce Youth Incarceration: Why We Must ...

Proven reforms state and local youth justice systems should adopt to reduce youth incarceration and maximize youth success.

Effective Alternatives to Youth Incarceration - The Sentencing Project

However, many studies find that better-designed employment programs reduce reoffending. For instance, YouthBuild, a year-long program that ...

Reducing Juvenile Recidivism - CSG Justice Center

Reducing Juvenile Recidivism · Reducing Juvenile Incarceration · Adopting Research-Based Programs and Practices · Using Validated Screening and Assessments.

Youth Justice - Children's Defense Fund

Policy and practice reforms can contribute to reducing youth incarceration while improving youth and public safety outcomes by ensuring that youth justice ...

Alternatives to Youth Incarceration | American Civil Liberties Union

Community-based alternatives to incarceration are much cheaper and more effective in reducing crime and recidivism. While the average cost of a juvenile prison ...

OJJDP Priorities | Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency ...

Programs and Resources · Juvenile Justice System Reform and Reinvestment Initiative · Community-Based Alternatives to Youth Incarceration Initiative · Delinquency ...

Prevention and Early Intervention | Youth.gov

What are Effective Programs? · Classroom and behavior management programs · Multi-component classroom-based programs · Social competence promotion curriculums ...

How Youth Incarceration Undermines Public Safety

According to Why Youth Incarceration Fails: An Updated Review of the Evidence, multiple studies show that incarceration does not reduce ...

4. Provide Opportunities for Children and Youth

The section concludes that positive youth skill building, through mentoring, conflict resolution, and community service, can work to prevent or reduce juvenile ...

Youth Incarceration | American Civil Liberties Union

The ACLU is engaged in several state-based campaigns to reduce youth incarceration and redirect resources to community-based alternatives to jail and prison.

Why The Nation Needs To Stop Relying On Youth Incarceration And ...

These numbers are troubling. To give young people facing complex issues a better chance at living successful lives, we need to reduce our youth ...

State Juvenile Justice Reforms Can Boost Opportunity, Particularly ...

States can expand opportunity and build stronger, more prosperous, and inclusive communities by reducing the incarceration of children and young adults.

Can States Reduce the High Cost of Youth Incarceration?

Utilizing programs based in a teen's community is also beneficial from a fiscal standpoint. According to a JPI report, while youth incarceration ...

Reentry | Youth.gov

The process of previously incarcerated youth transitioning from juvenile justice residential placement back into their communities is an exciting and ...

The Case for System Reforms to Reduce Youth Incarceration

Compelling research finds that incarcerating or detaining young people is not necessary or effective. Rather, removing young people from ...

Core Principles for Reducing Recidivism and Improving Other ...

Juvenile Justice. While youth incarceration rates have dropped dramatically over the past decade, most juvenile justice systems are not operating as ...

Youth | Prison Policy Initiative

Protect and Redirect: America's Growing Movement to Divert Youth Out of the Justice System Sentencing Project, March, 2024“Among the most ...

“We have to recognize that [inappropriate] incarceration of youth per ...

Reforming Juvenile Justice: A Developmental Approach. Washington, D.C: National Academies Press. Fazal, S. (2014). Safely Home: Reducing Youth Incarceration and ...

Youth Confinement: The Whole Pie 2019 | Prison Policy Initiative

States have reduced the number of youth in confinement by more than half without seeing an increase in crime — a victory that should embolden ...