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:
- Activists call for the closure of Berks County Residential Center, which is currently being used to detain immigrant youth and families.
- New report from Harvard's School of Government proposes raising the age of juvenile court jurisdiction to 21.
- Children in foster care are prescribed antipsychotic drugs at two to four times the rate of kids not in foster care, and California is trying to do something about that.
- Hundreds, possibly thousands, of minors in California have been turned over to ICE, dispersed to federally contracted group homes and detention centers across the country, and placed in deportation proceedings that leave the youth in a legal limbo that can last for years.
- One Florida juvenile justice facility focuses its reform efforts on girls' experiences of trauma and providing trauma-informed care.
- The Department of Justice held a national convening focused on young adults (roughly 18-24), specifically how to develop developmentally appropriate responses to these young people in the justice system.
- Connecticut's Office of the Child Advocate released videos and reports on restraints and solitary confinement used in juvenile jails.
- California legislature passes a bill to overhaul the state's foster care system and decrease the use of group homes for long-term placements for youth in foster care.
- As the deadline to implement federal provisions that promote normalcy for foster youth nears, Michigan's foster care system works to meet these federal requirements.
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