A report released today gives a rare, firsthand look inside group homes and lockups for youth, highlighting claims of discrimination and the rawness that lingers after violent incidents with staff, being sent to isolation and subjected to sub-par school and counseling.
For years, Pennsylvania has been trying to create a permanent statewide Office of the Child Advocate. Creating this office is a first step toward better protecting youth in Pennsylvania.
Hillary Transue, a kids-for-cash victim who spent weeks behind bars over a minor infraction, has become a board member of the Juvenile Law Center in Philadelphia, a juvenile rights advocacy group.
The Pennsylvania Department of Education and the Department of Human Services have agreed to pay $450,000 to settle a case brought by former students of the Glen Mills Schools, which closed in 2019 after an Inquirer investigation revealed decades of violence against boys sent to the reform school in Delaware County.
CAMDEN – The Camden County Commissioners recently adopted a resolution that bans people who intend to commit a crime or threaten another person from wearing a ski mask or a balaclava on county-owned property.
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