National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges Resolves to Eliminate Fines, Fees, and Costs in Juvenile Courts

"Juvenile Law Center applauds the NCJFCJ for encouraging courts to work toward reducing and eliminating fees,” said Susan Vivian Mangold, Esq., executive director, Juvenile Law Center. “We appreciate their critical view of these fines, fees, and costs as disproportionately impacting poor communities, racial and ethnic minorities and their recommendation that no court should detain or order youth to out-of-home placement or extend community supervision solely because of lack of payment.”