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Through policies and practices, more neurodivergent and differently abled children are pulled in and punished at higher rates than their neuro- and developmentally typical peers.

Nearly 20 years after “Kids for Cash” became a national scandal, one of the judges at its center is back in the spotlight – this time because of an act of presidential power.

Juvenile Law Center welcomed three new members to its Board of Directors – Shaena Fazal, Jordan Jean, and Tania Stewart, bringing valuable skills and expertise to an exceptional group. Additionally, the organization welcomed its newest Sol & Helen Zubrow Fellow in Children’s Law, Jennifer Kim.

In State v. K.R.C., the Wisconsin Supreme Court clarified that judges must assess whether a young person was "in custody" from the perspective of a reasonable child. The authors contend that as police presence in schools grows, this shift in standard is a meaningful step, but it doesn't go far enough.

Spoiler Alert: This essay shares plot details from the book, The Reformatory. In the novel The Reformatory by Tananarive Due, a 12-year-old boy, Robbie, is sent to a reform school in the Jim Crow-era South for kicking the white neighbor who sexually harassed his sister, Gloria. The novel portrays the injustices Robbie faces inside the system, but also the way carceral systems affect whole families, as it depicts Gloria’s attempts to rescue her brother from an unfair fate.

The ACLU of Michigan, the ACLU, Juvenile Law Center, and civil rights attorney Deborah LaBelle applaud the Michigan Supreme Court’s decision that subjecting young people to excessively long prison sentences violates the Michigan Constitution’s prohibition on cruel or unusual punishment.

The director of Clark County Juvenile Justice Services has been placed on leave. County officials confirmed with Channel 13 that John Munoz was placed on administrative leave as of July 9 due to an ongoing investigation into the department.

Nearly 100 people are alleging in a federal lawsuit that they were physically or sexually assaulted while in juvenile detention and correctional facilities operated in Nevada over the last quarter century.

A North Carolina jury convicted a man for carjacking a truck from a McDonald’s parking lot by holding something “cold and hard” on the driver’s neck. A federal appeals court overturned the conviction in 2016, citing insufficient evidence.