The Juvenile Law Center’s latest report, “Broken Promises: Futures Denied,” is now available.
Youth advocates and staff with the Juvenile Law Center (JLC) unveiled a new report Wednesday that details unjust experiences and dismal conditions inside the Pennsylvania youth justice and welfare systems.
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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