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We’re thrilled to announce the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) selected Juvenile Law Center’s Deputy Director and Chief Counsel Marsha Levick for the 2017 Catchers in the Rye Humanitarian Award – the Academy’s highest honor. Marsha was recognized at the AACAP’s annual event on Wednesday in Washington, DC.

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Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica •

Jessica Feierman, the associate director at the Philadelphia-based Juvenile Law Center, who has been studying the use of solitary in juvenile systems, said the agencies

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Duaa Eldeib, Pro Publica, ABA Journal •

Jessica Feierman, the associate director at the Philadelphia-based Juvenile Law Center, who has been studying the use of solitary in juvenile systems, said the agencies

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Karen U. Lindell, Staff Attorney,
In August, Juvenile Law Center launched a series of blog posts based on our new report on improving access to career pathways for system-involved youth. The series highlighted several initiatives taking place in Philadelphia that could be replicated elsewhere, and it featured interviews with key local stakeholders.
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John Holland, Youh Today •
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Riya Saha Shah, Teen Vogue •

This op/ed is part of Kids Incarcerated, a Teen Vogue series on youth incarceration in the United States for National Youth Justice Awareness Month

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Shanice Holmes, Youth Advocate, Youth Fostering Change, The Chronicle of Social Change •

As a youth in foster care, I am used to major decisions about me being made in my absence.

Countless times, I was not