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Kentucky’s Racial and Ethnic Disparities Efforts
In 2014, Kentucky experienced sweeping reforms to the Kentucky Juvenile Code which expanded access to diversion to prevent youth from…
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True Justice for Lost Borderlands Youth: Facilitating Reconnection, Validation and a Healthy Sense of Identity in their Labyrinthic Journeys
“The recipes, the herbs and the cures; the music and the songs and the dances; the prose and the poems,…
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Addressing the Needs of Pregnant Youths
The video of Diana Sanchez writhing and screaming as she endures labor and the birth of her child alone in…
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True Justice for Borderlands Youth: Harsh Treatment, Subtractive Discipline
When I think of punishment in schools, the first image that comes to my mind is the one of a…
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JJDPA Reauthorization: Updated Protections to Ensure Equity for Youth
In December 2018, the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA) was reauthorized and updated for the first time in…
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2019 Youth Summit
2019 Youth Summit: Catalysts for Equity and Change Photo Recap Thank you to everyone who attended this year’s Youth Summit:…
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The Healing Quality of Restorative Circles for Young Offenders
In my native language, Spanish, we use the word cariño as an expression of care and affection. It is a…
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Who was Really “Wilding”? When They See Us Highlights The Wrongful Conviction of Black Youth with Language and Learning Disorders
In the United States, there are hundreds of unspoken cases in which the vulnerability of young black males with language…
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Kansas Reduces Youth Confinement by 63% While Reinvesting $30 million in Evidence Based Programs
Kansas Reduces Youth Confinement by 63 % While Reinvesting $30 million in Evidence Based Programs A new report shows that…
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Black Girls in the Delinquency System: “Defiance” or Disorder?
Racial and ethnic disparities and mass incarceration of black youth has received a lot of attention in the areas of…
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Giving Youth a Second Chance Through Teen Court
I had never heard of Teen Court before a classmate who volunteers told me about it one day. Once I…
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The Cost of Justice
“You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed for you.” The…