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In Georgia, a Diversion Program Profits a Community, a Park and Juvenile...
Elly YuRay Mock, director of operations at the Chastain Park Conservancy, runs an informal juvenile diversion program that has helped both the park and the offenders. ATLANTA — When Derrick Anderson*...
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‘Mission Critical’ Documentary Calls for End to School-to-Prison Pipeline
Set in Wake County, N.C., "Mission Critical" is a 25-minute documentary that follows the stories of three students and how a school system pushed them into juvenile and criminal courts. “Even though we...
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LGBTQ Youth Over-Represented Across Juvenile Justice System, Experts Say
Equity Project & Center for Digital StorytellingFabian Gomez-Miller Fabian Gomez-Miller was 14 when he first came out to his adoptive parents. He told them he was gay — something he knew for years,...
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Fellowship Helps Recruit More Juvenile Justice Workers of Color
Erika C. StallworthThe 2012-2013 cohort of the Youth Justice Leadership Institute Youth of color are overrepresented at almost every level of contact with the juvenile justice system, an issue often...
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Models for Juvenile Justice Schools
Photo by Richard Ross When 17-year-old Moriah Barrett first entered Camp Scott, a juvenile detention facility in Los Angeles County, Calif., she was already far behind in school credits in completing...
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At ‘Wit’s End’: Scared Straight Programs Remain Popular Among Parents Despite...
Courtesy A&E Network“I have parents saying, ‘I can’t do this anymore, you’ll need to come get her, come get him – I don't want him anymore.’"amp;E Network “I feel like I’m at my wit’s end,” says a...
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Whisper, Other Anonymous Smartphone Apps Linked to Cyberbullying
Although gossip has always been a part of middle and high schools, some social media smartphone apps have been raising concerns about cyber-bullying in schools across the nation. Apps like Yik Yak,...
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Life after Juvenile Detention
Photo by Elly W. YuJulie Kisaka, 29, is an extern at Clayton County Juvenile Court in Georgia. Fifteen years ago, she stood in front of a judge herself. Yu JONESBORO, Ga. — Of all the birthdays Julie...
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Juvenile Recidivism Measurement Inconsistent Across States
Click on the map above to be taken to state-by-state data on juvenile recidivism rates. When a young man convicted of an adult offense began to act out in the custody of the Oregon Youth Authority, he...
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Legal Counsel Key for Immigrant Kids
Elly YuUnaccompanied minors and their sponsors attend a legal services event in Atlanta in October. More than half of minors show up to immigration court without a lawyer, which can increase their...
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