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“It’s unfortunate that the first response is to just lock people up and throw them away, when, you know, if you really just take the

Cyntoia Long Brown and Governor Bill Haslam sat down with Vanderbilt University Law Professor Christopher Slobogan to talk criminal justice reform. Hear from the 2022

Awardees Include Cyntoia Brown Long, Dorothy Roberts, and Tom Grisso

Philadelphia, PA (March 15, 2022) – Today, Juvenile Law Center, the nation’s first public interest

Structural racism has been at the foundation of federal funding for foster care for decades. The initiation of federal funding for foster care in 1961 can be traced directly to practices intended to target Black mothers and children in Louisiana in 1960. Understanding the foundation of child welfare funding and its structural inequities at the base of our foster care system is critical to understanding the disparities so prevalent today.

Youth Leaders and Advocates Celebrate Victory for Youth

Harrisburg, PA – Yesterday, Governor Tom Wolf (D) signed Senate Bill 324 into law as Act 1

With Bipartisan Support in Florida’s Legislature, Momentum Accelerates for Passage of Debt-Free Justice for Children Act

A first-of-its-kind report released today — Dreams Deferred: The

Each year the state of Florida arrests tens of thousands of youth under the age of 18. It transfers some of these youth to criminal

Youth Leaders and Advocates Celebrate Victory for Youth

Harrisburg, PA  – Yesterday, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives gave final passage to Senate Bill 324 which