The New York Times had an interesting article earlier this week about a creative way to keep juvenile offenders busy. According to the article, juveniles from Rhode Island are helping to restore classic American diners and learning valuable skills in the process.
Behind the razor wire at Rhode Island’s juvenile detention center, teenage offenders are [...]
Grits for Breakfast and the Brownsville Herald reported that Justice of the Peace Gustavo “Gus” Garza, from Brownsville, Texas, was ordered last month by State District Judge Abel C. Limas to stop his practice of offering spanking as an alternative sanction for disciplining children in his courtroom. If a child was convicted of truancy, JP [...]
In my colleague’s post, What Does Justice Mean For a 14 Year Old Girl Who Kills Her New Born Son? (07/02/08) he references the surprisingly common case of a woman who was unaware of her pregnancy until going to an ER in pain. It was her second child. The Baytown girl charged with capital murder also claims that she was unaware of her [...]
Unfortunately, children are sometimes confronted with serious adult situations with lifelong consequences. On April 2, 2008, a fourteen year old Baytown girl encountered such a situation when she gave birth to a baby in the restroom of her junior high school (Houston Chronicle Story). According to the girl’s lawyer, she was unaware she was pregnant [...]
As reported by the Child Welfare League of America, a bill has been introduced to reauthorize the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974. The law is the largest source of federal funding for the improvement of states’ juvenile systems. As summarized on the Building Blocks for Youth website, Congress placed four stipulations on [...]
