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“Cyntoia’s sentence is wholly disproportionate for a 16-year-old girl, and therefore unconstitutional,” Marsha Levick, deputy director and chief counsel for the Juvenile Law Center, said

Inmates represented by the American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin and Juvenile Law Center last year sued over conditions at Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake. U.S. District Judge

The Department of Corrections has filed a settlement agreement in a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Juvenile Law Center over

"Cyntoia's sentence is wholly disproportionate for a 16-year-old girl, and therefore unconstitutional," Marsha Levick, deputy director and chief counsel for the Juvenile Law Center, said

The agreement would within one year phase out much of the practices at the Lincoln Hills School for Boys and Copper Lake School for Girls

Juvenile Law Center released a new tool today that could help policymakers and advocates better understand and serve older youth — those over 18 — who

The ACLU, the Juvenile Law Center and the Quarles and Brady law firm brought a separate lawsuit in January 2017 on behalf of four inmates

Fostered or Forgotten is a Teen Vogue series about the foster care system in the United States, produced in partnership with Juvenile Law Center and

This piece originally appeared in The National Law Journal. It is partially republished here with the permission of the NLJ.

On June 14, the U.S

Juvenile Law Center today unveiled a new tool to help understand issues facing older youth in foster care – the National Extended Foster Care Review. The tool catalogs each state’s laws and policies concerning extended foster care – continued support for youth who are age 18 and older.