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13 Mar 2012, 4:00 am by Christopher Brahim
After the recent passage of House Bill 2707 that allows youth to be held in juvenile detention centers rather than adult jails while awaiting trial, the Campaign for Youth Justice and the Partnership for Safety and Justice released a report outlining the reasons Oregon should reassess its policies relating to Measure 11. [read post]
12 Mar 2012, 7:12 pm by Lyle Denniston
  Kuntrell was often in trouble with the police, for shoplifting, auto theft and other crimes, and had served time in a juvenile detention center as a serious offender. [read post]
12 Mar 2012, 1:28 am by SO Issues
She was taken to the Cobb County Adult Detention Center, where she remained Friday. [read post]
9 Mar 2012, 2:17 pm by Suzanne Ito
The ACLU is working to improve conditions in: • Mississippi: A lawsuit brought by the ACLU and the Southern Poverty Law Center will soon result in a groundbreaking consent decree banning solitary confinement for kids convicted as adults. [read post]
9 Mar 2012, 11:50 am by Lori Howell
What life is like for a 14-year-old killer tried as an adult in Indiana The Indianapolis Star Should a 12-year-old be tried as an adult? [read post]
3 Mar 2012, 7:38 am
The Bill mandates that Juveniles who have been charged as adults have a right to a hearing to determine whether they will be housed with other Juveniles in the juvenile detention center or in the adult jail facility. [read post]
28 Feb 2012, 8:34 am by Bridget Crawford
  The incarceration and criminal justice oversight of significant numbers of adults, many of them parents, leaves neighborhoods unstable and creates the circumstances for more intimate violence. [read post]
27 Feb 2012, 2:08 pm by Donna Coker
  The incarceration and criminal justice oversight of significant numbers of adults, many of them parents, leaves neighborhoods unstable and creates the circumstances for more intimate violence. [read post]
27 Feb 2012, 3:09 am by John L. Welch
Instead, according to Applicant, "Guantanamo is famous for a US Naval Detention center and as it relates to the song titled Guantanamera. [read post]
23 Feb 2012, 3:15 pm by Lucie Olejnikova
Jails in Indian Country, 2010 Presents findings from the 2010 Survey of Jails in Indian Country, an enumeration of all jails, confinement facilities, detention centers, and other correctional facilities operated by tribal authorities or the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) on June 30, 2010. [read post]
17 Feb 2012, 1:00 pm by Lori Howell
Georgia eyes ways to keep teens out of lockup New England Cable News Georgia law allows adolescents who wind up in the juvenile court system for infractions such as skipping school or missing curfew to be treated similar to juveniles who commit crimes and are locked in detention centers, said Dr. [read post]
15 Feb 2012, 7:28 am
These are the questions I address in my article, "A Conflict of Interests: Privacy, Truth and Compulsory DNA Testing for Argentina’s Children of the Disappeared," recently published in the Cornell Journal of International Law.Between 1976 and 1983, when a military dictatorship controlled Argentina, thousands of people were disappeared, including an estimated 500 children who were either disappeared along with their parents, or born in the clandestine detention… [read post]
10 Feb 2012, 11:43 am by Gritsforbreakfast
And congrats to Bob Libal, Grassroots Leadership and ACLUTX for successfully opposing a new ICE family detention center in Texas.These proposed sentencing reforms are OKIn Oklahoma, stakeholders convening through the Council on State Government's Justice Reinvestement Center have come forward with a new report (pdf) featuring a series of proposals to reduce recidivism and prison population costs. [read post]
9 Feb 2012, 5:43 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Adult Forensic Detention Unit at The University of Texas Harris County Psychiatric Center (UTHCPC): The forensic unit will treat mentally ill individuals with medicine, psychiatric and psychological treatment who have committed a criminal offense and are in jail awaiting trial.Didn't know that was happening, but perhaps it will contribute to short-term relief with the shortage of "forensic beds" at state hospitals designated for competency… [read post]
6 Feb 2012, 4:46 am
Young adults and juveniles who are charged with a DUI would be well advised to protect their best interests by contacting a skilled defense attorney. [read post]
3 Feb 2012, 1:49 pm by Lori Howell
Richmond making fixes to juvenile detention center Richmond Times-Dispatch: Richmond officials say the city's juvenile detention center will be repaired and its staff fully retrained by April to fix the problems that led the state to put the troubled facility on probation for the second time in three years. [read post]
17 Jan 2012, 8:49 am by SalcidoLaw
Utah State law dictates the criteria that a judge must use in determining if a minor should continue detention in a detention center. [read post]
11 Dec 2011, 8:29 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Demonstrators push reform to school discipline: In Dallas, reports the Morning News (behind paywall), "A group of demonstrators formed a human chain Thursday at the Henry Wade Juvenile Justice Center to push for less severe methods in disciplining students. [read post]