A juvenile record can increase the likelihood that a youth will experience homelessness. Private landlords have broad discretion to rent property to families and can
Data consistently shows that youth of color are arrested and incarcerated at higher rates than white youth. Upon arrest, a record is created, casting a
Each of the 2018 Leadership Prize winners have, in their own distinct and critically important ways, created valuable change for youth in the justice and child welfare systems.
"Juvenile Law Center applauds the NCJFCJ for encouraging courts to work toward reducing and eliminating fees,” said Susan Vivian Mangold, Esq., executive director, Juvenile Law
The restrictions come as juvenile probation departments across the country have begun to move away from a strictly enforcement approach and more toward rehabilitating defendants
