Powerful stories from young people, families and advocates driving change in their communities underscore that lasting solutions come from those closest to the challenges.
The Childhood Trauma-to-Prison Pipeline explores how severe childhood trauma can shape a young person's path into the adult criminal legal system, highlighting the experiences of more than 2,200 incarcerated individuals and the lasting impact of abuse, neglect, exploitation and instability.
This report presents an overview of the Casey Foundation’s long-term efforts to address gaps in the systems that serve disadvantaged children and families.
This report shares data and tech-driven tips from Casey’s JDAI to advance juvenile detention reform and promote effective alternatives to incarceration.
This report shares lessons from JDAI on improving facility conditions and provides principles for safer, more humane and continuously assessed institutions.
This report promotes JDAI’s call for alternatives to detention that cut costs, reduce crowding and improve youth outcomes while maintaining public safety.
This JDAI report offers tips to help jurisdictions make fair detention decisions and find more effective, efficient alternatives to juvenile detention.
This report shares lessons on leadership and teamwork in detention reform, with insights from sites in Casey’s Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative.
