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Daryll McNair admits he was involved in a December 1991 gun fight at a Kansas City house that killed two men. He was 17 years old at the time and sentenced to life without parole.

Da’Shaun Brown was 16 when he was arrested last October in Kansas City and then ordered to stand trial as an adult. Youth of color make up an overwhelming majority — 95% — of those charged and tried as adults in Jackson County. That rate “is especially appalling,” said Kate Burdick, senior attorney at the Juvenile Law Center, a Philadelphia-based nonprofit. Nationally, Black and Hispanic youth account for 66% of the cases that are sent to adult court.

Ensuring that children and youth have permanency is one of the core duties of the child welfare system and is vital for the healthy development of the children in their care. While providing permanency is a legal mandate for all children, it is pursued with less urgency, creativity, and resources as youth age, and as a result, young people suffer real harm.

Advocates in Pa. say there are ways to mitigate the disaster, but officials must act.

Juvenile Law Center announced Wednesday the appointment of four new members to the Board of Directors. Khaliah Ali, Daniel Okonkwo, Robert Parker and Eli Segal will join the governing body of the national organization, based in Philadelphia. The center is the country’s first nonprofit public interest law firm for children’s rights.

Juvenile Law Center and many of our partner agencies from the Delivery of Legal Services Committee have been actively involved in a variety of long-term

A Seminole County jail deputy was fired last month after his supervisors found he repeatedly did not complete mandatory checks on detained juveniles — as required by state law — and then lied about it, according to an internal investigation.

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.

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