juvenile justice

The Fayette County school system runs regular classes for the young people incarcerated at the Fayette Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Lexington, Ky.

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Running Away Or Skipping School Could Get A Kid Locked Up. Now That's Changing

2:36pm August 05, 2019

by Cheryl Corley

The number of girls in the juvenile justice system has been rising because of arrests for low level offenses like running away or violating curfew. Kentucky is now taking a different approach.

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New York City officials on Thursday announced a $3.3 million settlement with the family of Kalief Browder, who died by suicide after spending nearly three years in Rikers Island, most of it in solitary confinement.

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New York City Reaches $3.3 Million Settlement With Kalief Browder's Family

10:29am January 25, 2019

by Vanessa Romo

Browder endured nearly three years on Rikers, much of it in solitary confinement, awaiting a trial that never happened. His death by suicide in 2015 led to nationwide criminal justice reform.

The Justice Department and Attorney General Jeff Sessions are considering a request from county officials in Memphis, Tenn., regarding federal oversight of the juvenile court system there.

'Let Local People Solve Local Problems,' Memphis Says In Bid To End DOJ Oversight

7:53am July 05, 2017

by Carrie Johnson

The Justice Department's agreement to overhaul troubled juvenile courts in Memphis had been lauded as a national model. Now local officials want to get out from under federal oversight.

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How Black Girls Are Pushed Out of Schools: Author Monique Morris Explains

4:03pm February 22, 2017

by Mankaprr Conteh, WFDD Intern

Education scholar Monique Morris has done extensive research about the way schools discipline young black girls.

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Eduardo walks by the spot where he was arrested for selling cocaine when he was 17 in New York City. He was recently pardoned by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo as part of a program that helps people who committed a nonviolent crime when they were 16 or 17 and

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After Teenage Mistakes, Pardons Give Second Chances To Ex-Offenders

9:04am January 10, 2017

by Hansi Lo Wang

More than a hundred New Yorkers who were convicted of crimes as teenagers are starting the new year with clean slates. They were granted pardons in the first program of its kind in the country.

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Most of the poets who submitted to the Words Unlocked contest are between the ages of 14 to 18.

Arts

Poetry Behind Bars: The Lines That Save Lives — Sometimes Literally

11:22am May 01, 2016

by Colin Dwyer

Words Unlocked, a poetry contest for juveniles in corrections, has drawn more than 1,000 entries. Its judge, Jimmy Santiago Baca, says it was a poetry book that helped him survive his own prison term.

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Supreme Court Opens Door To Parole For Juveniles Given Life Sentences

8:40pm January 25, 2016

by Nina Totenberg

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Monday that convicts serving life for crimes committed while juveniles must be resentenced. For some prisoners, that may mean early release.

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Supreme Court: Ban On Automatic Life Sentences For Juveniles Is Retroactive

12:10pm January 25, 2016

by Eyder Peralta

The decision is expected to affect the fates of some 2,100 juvenile murderers who now have the possibility of parole.

The Graffiti Education and Mural Arts program in San Diego aims to keep kids off the streets — and maybe even make art like this, an example of the famous chicano artists murals found on a series of freeway overpasses, someday.

Preventing Juvenile Detention With A Blank Canvas And A Can Of Spray Paint

7:05pm December 18, 2015

by Quinn Owen

San Diego County is successfully revamping its juvenile justice system: The number of children in detention is down by nearly half from just six years ago. How are kids diverted from a life of crime?

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DNA Testing Identifies Another Victim Of Brutal Florida Reform School

8:35am August 05, 2015

by Mark Schreiner

Researchers from the University of South Florida are piecing together what happened at the now-closed Dozier School for Boys, where 51 sets of remains were found in an unmarked graveyard.

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