It is with the deepest sadness and heaviest of hearts that we write to share that Bob Schwartz passed on October 8, 2024. Our loss is immeasurable, our world is diminished.
We are delighted to announce four Stoneleigh Youth Advocacy Fellows at Juvenile Law Center. Each Stoneleigh Youth Advocacy Fellow will be embedded in one of four Juvenile Law Center legal teams to ensure that youth voices, perspectives, and leadership are infused in efforts to advance systems change.
Louisiana’s criminal justice system now treats all 17-year-olds as adults. Lawmakers said they were fighting an epidemic of teen violence, but nearly 70% of 17-year-olds arrested in the state’s three largest parishes aren’t accused of violent crimes.
A report released today gives a rare, firsthand look inside group homes and lockups for youth, highlighting claims of discrimination and the rawness that lingers after violent incidents with staff, being sent to isolation and subjected to sub-par school and counseling.
Today, youth advocates from Juvenile Law Center announced the release of Broken Promises, Futures Denied, a second edition of the report they issued in December 2018 entitled Broken Bridges. Both reports share young people’s accounts of the harms they experienced in juvenile detention and institutional placements, and offer solutions for change to policymakers and the public.
The Juvenile Law Center’s latest report, “Broken Promises: Futures Denied,” is now available.
Youth advocates and staff with the Juvenile Law Center (JLC) unveiled a new report Wednesday that details unjust experiences and dismal conditions inside the Pennsylvania youth justice and welfare systems.
For years, Pennsylvania has been trying to create a permanent statewide Office of the Child Advocate. Creating this office is a first step toward better protecting youth in Pennsylvania.
Nearly 20 years ago, the murder of 14-year-old Daniael Kelly led to a Grand Jury investigation into her death, looking into how the state’s child welfare system could have failed her.
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