DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa — Four years ago, a task force was put together to look at the juvenile justice system.
It created a list of recommendations, but no action has been taken.
A former chief judge of Delaware's Family Court argues that imposing fines and fees on juvenile offenders undermines their potential to become productive, law-abiding adults.
I have been a youth advocate for children in the justice system for eight years now. Pennsylvania has had so many different scandals and stories of abuse.
Samantha Melamed and Ellie Rushing, The Philadelphia Inquirer •
The State Correctional Institution Phoenix, in a bucolic corner of Montgomery County, is a maximum-security men’s prison.
But a 48-bed unit on the grounds of the Phoenix complex could also soon house boys as young as 13.
Ruth Greenberg can see it — or, more accurately, hear it.
For a decade, the Swampscott criminal appeals attorney has represented Sheldon Mattis, the defendant in the landmark Supreme Judicial Court case Commonwealth v. Mattis, decided on Jan. 11.
Steve Volk and Julie Christie, Resolve Philly, The Philadelphia Inquirer •
Despite the city's new law, DHS acknowledges it’s still keeping the money meant for foster kids — about $1.3 million in Social Security benefits for 380 children in a typical year.
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