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Duane & Angela, Youth Advocates ,

The following testimony was written and will be read by Juvenile Law Center's Youth Fostering Change and Juveniles for Justice Youth Advocates on April 8th at

A bipartisan bill to end Virginia’s juvenile “pay to stay” practice, which requires families to pay incarceration fees to the state while their children are

Awardees are Tech CEO, Georgetown Professor, and award-winning newspaper

PHILADELPHIA, PA (March 8, 2021) — Today, Juvenile Law Center, the nation’s first public interest

In The News
Mary Retta, Teen Vogue •

Miseducation is a column that chronicles what it’s like to be a student in the modern United States.

 

The coronavirus pandemic has upended

In The News
The LNP | Lancaster Online Editorial Board , Lancaster Online •

The Issue 

“If the attorney for the 14-year-old Manheim Township girl charged as an adult in the stabbing death of her older sister tries to

Blog post
Katrina L. Goodjoint, Esq.,

Across the country, our municipal court system is targeting kids for behaving like kids. Young people are policed, ticketed, and fined for age-appropriate behavior such

In The News
Jamie Stover , WFMZ-TV •

Some of Pennsylvania's most vulnerable students are falling behind to no fault of their own, due to inconsistent graduation requirements across school districts.

WFMZ's Jamie

In The News
Chelsea Sheasley, The Christian Science Monitor •

"You don't want me." 

The words spilled out of 4-year-old Jimmy as he sat crying in an unfamiliar bedroom, his third foster home in two

National children’s rights group sheds light on municipal citation structures in the 50 states and District of Columbia

Philadelphia, PA (February 4, 2021): Today, Columbia

MADISON - The ACLU of Wisconsin and Juvenile Law Center today called for the closure of Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake Schools, a state-operated youth