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A new video has been released in which OJJDP Administrator Liz Ryan describes the significance and necessity of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA) in light of its 50th anniversary. Watch the video here.
From the office of Juvenile Justice and Deliquency Prevention: “OJJDP is accepting applications for its Spring 2025 volunteer internship program for law students interested in the youth justice and child welfare fields. Interns will conduct legal research and analysis; gain insight into … Continued
The Sentencing Project has released a new report, titled “Youth Justice by the Numbers.” Read the report here.
From Shackles to Scholarship: A Vision for a 21st Century Bordentown School, we urge New Jersey to close its three youth prisons, reinvest in community-based programs, and establish a 21st Century version of the illustrious Bordentown School.
The Sentencing Project released a new research brief, “Incarceration & Crime: A Weak Relationship,” highlighting how 46 U.S. states have reduced both incarceration and crime levels in the past decade. View the report here.
The National Center for Juvenile Justice has released “Juvenile Court Statistics 2021.” This report describes delinquency and petitioned status offense cases handled in U.S. courts with jurisdiction over juvenile populations between 2005 and 2021. Access the report here.
The guide can be found here, with HTML and PDF downloads available.
The Sentencing Project released a report that finds a large portion of people sentenced to die in prison were emerging adults 25 and younger when sentenced to life without parole (LWOP), despite irrefutable evidence that their younger age contributes to … Continued
by The Annie E. Casey Foundation: https://www.aecf.org/blog/reviewing-the-evidence-how-youth-incarceration-undermines-public-safety Explains the issues with incarceration and the ways it affects a youth in their daily lives. Also discusses ways to reduce the incarnation of youths. Read the article HERE.
By Richard Mendel: The article argues that incarceration is ineffective in reducing crime and ineffective in reforming juveniles. List the reasons why incarceration does more harm to juveniles than reform as well as ways to tackle this issue. Read the … Continued