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2025 Annual Results Report

Powerful stories from young people, families and advocates driving change in their communities underscore that lasting solutions come from those closest to the challenges.

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Childhood Trauma and the Prison Pipeline (live)

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.

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Eliminate Confinement as a Response to Probation Rule Violations

August 4, 2020

Juvenile confinement harms youth, fails to deter crime, worsens disparities and contradicts adolescent brain science. Read more about the findings.

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Leading With Race to Reimagine Youth Justice

April 27, 2020

This report highlights how Casey’s Deep-End Initiative helped safely reduce youth confinement — especially for youth of color. Read the full findings.

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Pennsylvania has more youth in private juvenile facilities than any other state

Transforming Justice

December 9, 2019

This Casey-funded report offers strategies to help Pennsylvania bring youth safely home from juvenile justice placements. Learn more.

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New Casey Foundation brief offers eight principles to transform the juvenile justice system.

Eight Principles to Transform Care for Young People in the Justice System

October 6, 2019

This brief identifies eight principles that juvenile justice systems should embrace to transform care for youth in custody. Learn more.

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Listening to Black Women and Girls

May 15, 2019

This report shares insights related to adultification bias — the perception that Black girls are less innocent and more adult-like than their white peers.

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The Color of Justice

May 15, 2019

This report shows how gaps in mental health care contribute to the overrepresentation of youth of color in the juvenile justice system.

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Place Matters

April 22, 2019

This report urges Maine to improve support for system-involved youth ages 14–25 through a full care continuum using local and national resources.

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Collaborating for Successful Reentry

March 9, 2019

This guide helps justice and social service pros support youth reentering after custody through collaborative, community-based strategies.

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Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative Scale-Up

March 1, 2019

This report highlights how four states helped expand the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative® across their local jurisdictions.

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