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With youth arrests down, it’s a great time to reform juvenile justice, advocates say

Walter Harris, a member of the Elsinore Bennu Think Tank for Restorative Justice, is silhouetted as he listens during the Voices for Juvenile Justice...

When babysitting changed to raising grandchildren, it nixed my plans — but saved (and changed) my life

Terri Shields, founder and executive director of Hazelwood's JADA House International, sits for a portrait on Aug. 15, 2023, at the Spartan Community Center...

Despite improvements in financial aid, earning a degree in prison remains difficult

Tiant Mitchell, 36, is earning a bachelor's degree at Villanova University while incarcerated at State Correctional Institution, Phoenix. (Courtesy photo) Federal grants to attend college...

Pennsylvania overhauled its sentencing guidelines to be more fair and consistent − but racial disparities may not disappear so soon

According to the state’s new guidelines, juvenile convictions that are 10 years or older should no longer be considered when determining a person’s sentence. Seksan...

A jail stay as a teen led me to advocacy, but incarceration leads many to ruin

Muhammad Ali Nasir, also known by his emcee name MAN-E, the advocacy, policy and civic engagement coordinator for 1Hood and founder of Community Care...

Education linked to better employment prospects upon release from prison

Education increases the yearly wages of employed ex-offenders by $564. The Washington Post via Getty Images by Ben Stickle, Middle Tennessee State University and Steven Sprick...

Why mass incarceration still has mass appeal

Inmates playing cards. Getty Images Stock Photo There’s plenty of profit to be made by exploiting Black people in America’s system of punitive laws, privatization,...

Inside Allegheny County’s $73 million contract for a private juvenile detention operator

Allegheny County’s Shuman Juvenile Detention Center sits shuttered on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023, in Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar. The county announced mid-September that it would hire private...

Shuman Center will reopen: Some welcome the news; others, not so

PITTSBURGH MAYOR ED GAINEY IS IN FAVOR OF THE REOPENING OF SHUMAN JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER, BUT HE DOES NOT WANT OFFENDERS TO END UP...

Illinois set to make history by shifting landscape of criminal justice

In a historic move, Illinois is slated to become the first state in the United States to entirely eliminate the cash bail system. The...

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