Human rights advocates say that it’s difficult to pinpoint the exact number of children who experience solitary confinement in the US, but anecdotal evidence suggests
Jennifer Pokempner, Child Welfare Policy Director, Juvenile Law Center; Dominique Mikell, Stoneleigh Fellow, Juvenile Law Center; Jennifer Rodriguez, Executive Director, Youth Law Center,
This month is Reunification Month—a good time to celebrate family and redouble our efforts to make it possible for more families to be supported in achieving
Jennifer Pokempner, Child Welfare Policy Director,
This month Rhode Island joined the majority of states by including extended foster care in its Fiscal Year 2019 budget. Article 15 of the budget amends state law to create a voluntary extended care program and the option for re-entry for youth between ages 18 and 21.
Dassey's attorneys say they will continue to fight to free their client. Marsha Levick, Deputy Director and Chief Counsel for the Juvenile Law Center said she
Recently some young Philadelphians used the City Hall courtyard as a venue to expose abuses they’ve endured while held inside the city’s juvenile justice system.
