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As a society, we owe a special commitment to youth in custody. Incarceration of any kind causes very real trauma and doing so at a time when young people are growing and learning only compounds the trauma. Our juvenile justice system must seek not to punish, but to support these children’s social, emotional and educational development.

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Representative Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Vice Chair of the House Judiciary Committee, helped lead the bipartisan passage of the Justice for Juveniles Act out of the House Judiciary Committee.

September is National Kinship Care Month. This blog series highlights the great importance of valuing and supporting family and kin to ensure a child welfare system that minimizes the trauma that children face if they come into contact with the system and promotes equity for families and well-being for children.

The major findings from the data are: (1) training varies among juvenile court judges and Juvenile Probation Officers (JPOs), but many JPOs report not receiving implicit bias training, (2) racial disparities exist both in the rates of those who receive probation and the length of probation.

Juvenile Law Center Releases Report on Emerging Adults and Justice Reform in the Great Lakes States.

Attorneys for children must ensure their clients are fully informed of the consequences and requirements of registering as a sex offender.

Three Louisiana mothers explain why they’re suing the Office of Juvenile Justice and how they’re surviving in the meantime.

More than 1,600 incarcerated children across the country have tested positive for COVID-19 as of mid-August, leaving experts and youth advocates raising questions whether authorities

LaNeshe Miller-White becomes executive director of Theatre Philadelphia. Plus, new leadership at Hispanic Family Center of Southern New Jersey; new hires at Juvenile Law Center; and noteworthy promotions at Adoption Center, Hopeworks and Philadelphia FIGHT.