Miquel Lewis: Making Chicago’s Juvenile Justice System More Equitable Led by probation officer Miquel Lewis, the Juvenile Probation and Court Services Department in Cook County, Illinois is implementing a staff-led effort to address racial and ethnic inequities in the juvenile justice system. Read More
Database Analyzes Juvenile Probation Laws by State The National Conference of State Legislatures has created an online database of juvenile probation laws, which includes analysis of trends across the country. Read More
Survey: A Pandemic High for the Number of Black Youth in Juvenile Detention A survey of youth justice agencies finds the population of Black youth in juvenile detention on Feb. 1, 2021, reached a pandemic high. Read to learn more about the juvenile justice data. Read More
Juvenile Justice Is Smaller, but More Unequal, After First Year of COVID-19 A year after the coronavirus pandemic began, the Casey Foundation finds that a historic drop in the size of the youth detention population at the beginning of 2020 did nothing to reduce the already huge racial and ethnic disparities in who gets detained. Read More
Apply Now: Support for Meaningful Family Engagement in Juvenile Justice Now through March 17, 2021, state or local juvenile justice agencies can apply to receive consulting support on developing collaborative relationships with young people and their families. Apply now. Read More
Framework and Tool Help Juvenile Justice Agencies Treat Families as Partners A new framework and tool from the Annie E. Casey Foundation helps juvenile justice agencies develop and maintain collaborative relationships with family members and engage them as valuable partners in the long-term success of youth in the justice system. Read More
What We Know About Youth and Young Adult Homelessness What do we know about youth and young adult homelessness today? The Annie E. Casey Foundation explores studies and policy papers from Voices of Youth Count, an initiative of Chapin Hall, to answer some key questions. Read More
Survey: More Youth in Secure Detention Despite Rise of COVID-19 Disparities in the detained population are getting worse because Black and Latino youth are staying in detention longer than they were before the pandemic and longer than white youth. Learn more from a recent survey from the Casey Foundation. Read More
Webinars Explore Restorative Justice The Annie E. Casey Foundation will host two webinars on Jan. 25 and Feb. 17, 2021, respectively, on how communities can use restorative justice as a constructive and more equitable response when young people break the law in ways that cause harm. Read More
Los Angeles and New Jersey Steer Youth Away from Justice System New policies enacted in Los Angeles County and the state of New Jersey reflect the growing momentum for a dramatic shift in our nation’s juvenile justice systems. The goal is to allow schools and communities — not the courts — to address most instances of youth misconduct. Read More
