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Now through Feb. 15, 2019, state or local juvenile justice agencies and organizations can apply to participate in a train-the-trainer professional development opportunity supported by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. The two-and-a-half-day session — held in Denver, Colo. from May 7–9, 2019 — will focus on the Reimagining Juvenile Justice curriculum.
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A growing body of research champions developmentally appropriate strategies for supporting young people who have crossed paths with the juvenile justice system. Instead of promoting surveillance, punishment and intensive sanctions like detention, the latest research supports strategies rooted in patience, encouragement and positive youth development.
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Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative® sites across the country must reevaluate their assumptions and processes to safely reduce detention of Native American youth says a new report by the Association on American Indian Affairs.
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Juvenile justice jurisdictions across the nation are considering how to reform their probation practices to help young people positively redirect their lives and avoid further system involvement. And, now, they have a new resource to help guide this work.
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Detention is a pivotal decision point in the juvenile justice process. Even a short turn in confinement can have an outsized influence on court outcomes, and it can also mean profound and potentially lifelong negative consequences for the young people involved, according to research.
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Casey outlines five changes in the new version of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act that practitioners should understand.
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A growing number of juvenile justice experts agree: Detention and incarceration should never be threatened or invoked when young people break rules imposed on them as conditions of probation.
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A growing number of states are moving their juvenile justice systems away from the youth prison model and toward a continuum of community-based programs. One such state — Virginia — has successfully cut its juvenile correctional facility population in half after just five years, according to a new report issued by the Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice.