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What's on our radar this week? Every Wednesday, Juvenile Law Center gathers the latest studies, reports, and headlines from around the country. Here's what we've been reading.

What's on our radar this week? Every Wednesday, Juvenile Law Center gathers the latest studies, reports, and headlines from around the country. Here's what we've been reading.

The Pope is scheduled to visit the Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility in Philadelphia this coming weekend. Over 500 individuals in Pennsylvania (2,600 nationwide) are serving life without parole sentences for crimes committed as juveniles (JLWOP). The experience of JLWOP isn’t limited to the individuals serving the sentence. We asked several people to share their stories and thoughts on juvenile life without parole. Some individuals initially supported JLWOP, but their experiences with the justice system brought them to an entirely different perspective.

What's on our radar this week? Every Wednesday, Juvenile Law Center gathers the latest studies, reports, and headlines from around the country. Here's what we've been reading.

What's on our radar this week? Every Wednesday, Juvenile Law Center gathers the latest studies, reports, and headlines from around the country. Here's what we've been reading.

What's on our radar this week? Every Wednesday, Juvenile Law Center gathers the latest studies, reports, and headlines from around the country. Here's what we've been reading.

What's on our radar this week? Every Wednesday, Juvenile Law Center gathers the latest studies, reports, and headlines from around the country. Here's what we've been reading.

As we have aimed to reform systems and practices, litigation and appellate practice have always been important arrows in our quiver, and our litigation and appellate work has compelled changes in American jurisprudence.

What's on our radar this week? Every Wednesday, Juvenile Law Center gathers the latest studies, reports, and headlines from around the country. Here's what we've been reading.

Latest bulletin from Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention suggests that certainty of punishment, not severity, deters teens from crime.