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Today, 34 organizations and individuals dedicated to the health and safety of Philadelphia’s youth signed onto a letter imploring Philadelphia Mayor James Kenney, Philadelphia City

Washington, DC (April 3, 2020)  -- Child welfare advocates, policy partners, and young people have come together to launch a campaign to highlight the urgent

Organizations cite the heightened damage caused by harmful fees in the midst of public health and economic crisis

National (April 3, 2020) – Today, more

 A group of juvenile justice advocates have petitioned Pennsylvania’s highest court, requesting the release of youth in detention centers during the COVID-19 crisis. 

“Obviously, this

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Jeremy Loudenback, The Chronicle of Social Change •

With most free residents across the United States keeping at least six feet apart, feverishly washing their hands and avoiding any social groups, 43,000 young

For two weeks, the 16-year-old was locked in a cell at the George W. Hill Correctional Facility in Delaware County, in what the staff called

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Juvenile Law Center, Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project, and DLA Piper,

Philadelphia, PA (April 1, 2020) –  Today Juvenile Law Center, the Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project and DLA Piper filed a King’s Bench petition before

Please take a look at this interview with Juvenile Law Center CEO Sue Mangold.