The office of the Independent Ombudsman conducted an investigation at the Al Price Unit in Beaumont, TX after hearing recurring reports by youths at the facility. In that report, they found a pattern of youth extorting other youth’s food. As youth are brought to TYC’s Al Price Unit many of them are faced with two [...]
On July 25th, the Philadelphia Daily News reported that state lawmakers will be holding hearings about life-without-parole sentences for juveniles.
Pennsylvania has 444 people serving life-without-parole sentences for crimes they committed as juveniles, according to Human Rights Watch. Nationally, 2,484 lifers are behind bars for crimes they committed as juveniles. No youth outside [...]
According to USA Today, children on average are significantly healthier in certain states as opposed to others. Overall, when factoring in 13 measures of children’s health care, children are best off in the state of Iowa and worst off in the state of Oklahoma. In addition, some states have significantly higher percentages of children who [...]
The Soros organization is beginning to set up programs in Alameda County, California for juvenile offenders to participate in restorative justice, allowing offenders to come to terms with their actions and to give them the needed support to move on with their lives.
As reported by Inside Bay Area:
Oakland attorney Sujatha Baliga says the juvenile justice [...]
As the Texas FLDS case and the case of Omar Khadr, the juvenile captured in Afghanistan and being held in Guantanamo Bay pending charges of war crimes, continue to unfold, this article from Slate and Newsweek published last month sheds some light on American society’s view of teenagers.
Anyone who’s ever spent a year or two [...]
