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:
- Education data helps all kids acheive better outcomes, but it's especially critical to meet the needs of foster youth.
- OJJDP just released four research bulletins on mental health needs and long-term outcomes of justice-involved youth.
- California shelves a bill that would limit the use of solitary confinement in juvenile justice facilities.
- More questions in juvenile life without parole decisions coming out of the Colorado Supreme Court.
- Attorney General Loretta Lynch delivered opening remarks at the Department of Justice panel on developmentally appropriate responses to justice-involved young adults on Tuesday, September 8. Watch the recording here.
Did we miss a big story? Email us at [email protected] with your headline.