Legal Docket

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Keeping Kids in the Community

Cameron v. Montgomery County Child Welfare Services

United States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania •
Brought a Section 1983 civil rights damage action on behalf of a foster youth who had been in foster care for three and a half years without any judicial review and without the provision of services to help him return home to his family by the county child welfare agency.
Solitary Confinement & Harsh Conditions

Santiago v. City of Philadelphia

United States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania •
Established conditions of confinement in juvenile detention centers.
Sex Offender Registration of Children (SORNA)

People v. Spencer

Michigan Court of Appeals
Juvenile Law Center and the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan filed an amicus brief in the Michigan Court of Appeals arguing that Dameon Spencer’s registration under the state’s Sex Offender Registration Act violated the Michigan constitution’s prohibition against “cruel or unusual” punishment, which has been found to be stronger than the U.S. Constitution’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment.
Records

Leslie v. New York

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Juvenile Law Center, in partnership with The Gault Center and Fenwick & West LLP, filed an amicus brief in support of Shakira Leslie, whose DNA