State lawmakers hear issues juveniles face while incarcerated
March 20, 2019
A panel of juvenile justice advocates met with state lawmakers Monday. Four young adults who served time in the Massachusetts House of Corrections…
FROM: WWLP 22 News
The Tragedy of Baltimore
March 20, 2019
On April 27, 2015, Shantay Guy was driving her 13-year-old son home across Baltimore from a doctor’s appointment when something — a rock, a brick, she wasn’t sure what — hit her car…
FROM: NYT Magazine & ProPublica
Roca workers race against the clock to change violent Baltimore boys
March 1, 2019
A report by the Roca organization on its first six months in Baltimore reveals how persistence, a key ingredient of the program, might pay off. It also shows…
FROM: Baltimore Sun
Task force weighs raising juvenile court age
March 1, 2019
Eleven years later, he’s gone through both the Department of Youth Services and, starting at 19, the Middlesex House of Correction. He has perspective…
FROM: CommonWealth Magazine
Consistent intervention in the lives of offenders will spare Baltimore more violence
March 1, 2019
After another week of shootings and killings, this seems like a good time to say it again: Baltimore needs to not only suppress violence with smart police work, it needs…
FROM: Baltimore Sun
Lawmakers see more room for juvenile justice improvements
February 20, 2019
In a crowded room that perhaps reflected the level of interest in the problem, advocates, legislators and state officials outlined ideas to help state government…
FROM: Worcester Telegram
Voices
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“New York City’s jail population has dropped from nearly 22,000 in 1991 to about 7,800 this year, making it the lea… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Check out the recently launched Youth Correctional Leaders for Justice, a new initiative focused on ending youth pr… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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“If they see [a pardon] as a viable option, they will continue to be productive citizens, they will see there’s a l… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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