"Housing young people who are facing adult charges in juvenile facilities would be a really significant step to addressing solitary confinement," said Jessica Feierman, associate
The grant will also help PAC co-develop a publicly available, web-based policy hub with the Juvenile Law Center for individuals interested in addressing this issue.
Riya Saha Shah, Marisa M. Halm, Hartford Courant •
The Connecticut legislature’s Judiciary Committee is considering a progressive bill, SB 691: An Act Concerning Erasure of Criminal Records, which would provide records erasure for adults
commentary by Susan V. Mangold, Lancaster Online •
The decision by Attorney General Jeff Sessions to forge ahead with federal use of for-profit prisons is dangerously ill advised. Private detention and prison facilities
Most recently, the ACLU and the Juvenile Law Center have filed a lawsuit on behalf of four teenagers against state officials claiming cruel and unusual
“There’s no state that’s fully protecting records in a way where they’re confidential throughout the court proceedings and then immediately expunged upon conclusion of the
According to Juvenile Law Center, a Philadelphia-based public interest law firm, justice-involved youth and their families face various types of monetary charges ranging from
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