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In medical-legal partnerships, health and law professionals team up to address health-harming legal needs. The post As more youth struggle with behavior and traditional supports fall short, cli...

https://youthtoday.org/2024/05/as-more-youth-struggle-with-behavior-and-traditional-supports-fall-short-clinicians-are-partnering-with-lawyers-to-help/

In juvenile courts judges have the discretion to allow polygraph test results as evidence. The post Mostly banned from adult courts, polygraphs also shouldn’t be used against juveniles appea...

https://youthtoday.org/2024/05/mostly-banned-from-adult-courts-polygraphs-also-shouldnt-be-used-against-juveniles/

It aimed to empower an independent agency to require changes when standards were violated. The post Despite outcry over seclusion at juvenile detention centers, Tennessee lawmakers fail to pass...

https://youthtoday.org/2024/04/despite-outcry-over-seclusion-at-juvenile-detention-centers-tennessee-lawmakers-fail-to-pass-oversight-bill/

Students are benefiting from a decade-old ban on suspensions for ‘willful defiance.' The post What happens when suspensions get suspended? appeared first on Youth Today .

https://youthtoday.org/2024/04/what-happens-when-suspensions-get-suspended/

Some worry that expansion of charges against parents would disproportionately affect minority/poor parents. The post The parents paying for their children’s crimes appeared first on Youth To...

https://youthtoday.org/2024/04/the-parents-paying-for-their-childrens-crimes/

Imprisoned as teenagers, middle-aged men and women are suddenly being released with no education. The post Many states don’t educate people sentenced to life. Now some are coming home. appea...

https://youthtoday.org/2024/04/many-states-dont-educate-people-sentenced-to-life-now-some-are-coming-home/

Schools can create a culture of accountability, healing and growth that benefits everyone involved. The post Breaking walls, building bridges: A call for restorative justice in school disciplin...

https://youthtoday.org/2024/04/breaking-walls-building-bridges-a-call-for-restorative-justice-in-school-discipline/

Many jurisdictions took steps in the past decade to expand diversion opportunities for youth. The post Protect and redirect: America’s growing movement to divert youth out of the justice syst...

https://youthtoday.org/2024/03/protect-redirect-americas-growing-movement-divert-youth-out-of-justice-system/

Judges steered two-thirds of juvenile criminal cases to just 10 lawyers in one year. The post For a handful of lawyers in Cuyahoga County, juvenile cases are big business appeared first on You...

https://youthtoday.org/2024/03/for-a-handful-of-lawyers-in-cuyahoga-county-juvenile-cases-are-big-business/

New legislation gives an independent agency the power to require changes at juvenile facilities. The post Tennessee lawmakers want more oversight of juvenile detention. The Department of Childr...

https://youthtoday.org/2024/03/tennessee-lawmakers-want-oversight-juvenile-detention/

America’s schools don’t always welcome, support or allow cultural expression. The post Q&A: Texas court ruling on a Black student wearing hair in long locs reflects history of racism in sc...

https://youthtoday.org/2024/02/qa-texas-court-ruling-on-a-black-student-wearing-hair-in-long-locs-reflects-history-of-racism-in-schools/

Only two states have laws that require active shooter training for all officers. The post Active shooter training: State-specific requirements for schools and law enforcement appeared first on...

https://youthtoday.org/2024/02/active-shooter-training-state-specific-requirements-for-schools-and-law-enforcement/

About three-quarters of school shooters obtain their guns from a parent or another relative. The post A history of holding parents responsible for their kids’ crimes appeared first on Youth ...

https://youthtoday.org/2024/02/a-history-of-holding-parents-responsible-for-their-kids-crimes/

If they don’t change their lives, what likely awaits them is prison or death. The post Here’s how I use my story to teach incarcerated kids that writing matters appeared first on Youth Tod...

https://youthtoday.org/2024/02/heres-how-i-use-my-story-to-teach-incarcerated-kids-that-writing-matters/

Mentoring means dedication of one’s time to motivate, educate, support and inspire another individual. The post Florida’s accomplishments highlighted at National Mentoring Month round table...

https://youthtoday.org/2024/01/what-one-state-accomplished-during-national-mentoring-month/

Police have undermined the promise of transparency and accountability that accompanied the body-camera movement. The post 21 bodycam videos caught the NYPD wrongly arresting black kids on Hallo...

https://youthtoday.org/2024/01/21-bodycam-videos-caught-nypd-wrongly-arresting-black-kids-halloween/

Six judges decide whether to assign the public defender’s office or appoint private counsel. The post How Cuyahoga County picks attorneys to represent children appeared first on Youth Today ...

https://youthtoday.org/2024/01/how-cuyahoga-county-picks-attorneys-to-represent-children/

The judge cited staffing shortages that made it difficult to meet new state standards. The post Illinois judge closes juvenile detention center after ‘facility in crisis’ fails to meet new ...

https://youthtoday.org/2024/01/illinois-judge-closes-juvenile-detention-center-facility-fails-to-meet-standards/

Struggles at juvenile facilities make it hard to help the youths in its care. The post Louisiana ponders policy changes with juvenile facilities at full capacity appeared first on Youth Today ...

https://youthtoday.org/2024/01/louisiana-ponders-policy-changes-with-juvenile-facilities-at-full-capacity/

The hubs, administrators say, follow best practices and principles of trauma-informed youth development and rehabilitation. The post Trauma-informed ‘hubs’ reduce Chicago youth incarcerati...

https://youthtoday.org/2024/01/opinion-trauma-informed-hubs-reduce-chicago-youth-incarceration/