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Group Offers New Beginnings for Incarcerated Youth
New America Media, Jen Cooper, Posted: Dec 15, 2009
Editor's Note: At a time when the juvenile justice system is being re-examined across the country, and several states are lacking in mentoring programs for incarcerated youth, two women who met in law school in Washington, D.C. are pairing juvenile offenders with adults in the city to do just this.
The cafeteria at the youth detention center is empty by 7 p.m. except for three teenage residents, who are waiting for their mentors to arrive. When they do, the mentors come bearing three boxes of Domino’s pizza, two-liter bottles of soda and clear trash bags filled with board games and cards.
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There are just over 100 people in the World serving life sentences without parole for crimes committed as juveniles in which no one was killed.
ALL of them are in the United States-- 77 of them are in Florida.There are just over 100 people in the World serving life sentences without parole for... more
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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed thousands of juvenile convictions issued by a judge charged in a corruption scandal, saying that none of the young offenders got a fair hearing.
The high court on Thursday threw out more than five years' worth of juvenile cases heard by disgraced former Luzerne County Judge Mark Ciavarella, who is charged with accepting millions of dollars in kickbacks to send youths to private detention centers.
The Philadelphia-based Juvenile Law Center, which represents some of the youths, said the court's order covers as many as 6,500 cases. The justices barred any possibility of retrial in all but a fraction of them.
-More at the linkThe Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed thousands of juvenile convictions... more
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SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco board of supervisors is expected to vote Tuesday to overturn a city policy that has been at the center of a national debate over offering illegal immigrants sanctuary.
The policy, ordered by Mayor Gavin Newsom last summer, requires the police to contact Immigration and Customs Enforcement whenever they arrest a juvenile on felony charges who they suspect is in the United States illegally. Since the policy took effect in August 2008, more than 100 undocumented minors have been turned over to federal immigration authorities.
Mr. Newsom has said that the ordinance is necessary to prevent young criminals from using the city’s so-called sanctuary policy, which prevents local agencies from cooperating with federal immigration officials, as a shield from prosecution.
“Sanctuary city was never designed to protect people who commit crimes,” said Nathan Ballard, a spokesman for Mr. Newsom.SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco board of supervisors is expected to vote... more
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Five juveniles were in custody Tuesday after a 15-year-old was intentionally set on fire at a Deerfield Beach, Florida, apartment complex, police said.
Michael Brewer suffered second-degree burns over 80 percent of his body. "He's in for a long, long recovery," Broward County Sheriff Al Lamberti told reporters.
Three juveniles were arrested Monday night, hours after the incident, and two others were arrested Tuesday, sheriff's Sgt. Steve Feeley said.
"A couple of them last night were laughing about it," he said. "One of them arrested today seems genuinely sorry about it."
The youths all attend school together, police said, and Brewer apparently owed one of the suspects $40 for a video game and had not paid it. So the suspect allegedly stole the victim's father's bicycle, Feeley said. Brewer reported the bicycle stolen Sunday, and the suspect was arrested that day, taken to a detention center and released to his parents early Monday, police said.
WTF is wrong with you kids?!! I remember sandboxes and swing sets... yes as a teen.
sad.Five juveniles were in custody Tuesday after a 15-year-old was intentionally set on... more
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PRIVATE PRISONS ARE BACK...
Outlawed at the beginning of the 20th Century, private corporations are once again owning and operating prisons for profit. A controversial issue which dates back to the days that followed the Emancipation Proclamation, CORRECTIONS examines its re-appearance today amidst globalization and the most awesome growth of prisons in all of modern history, painting a complex portrait of what many are calling the "prison industrial complex."
CLICK FOR FULL ATRICLE....PRIVATE PRISONS ARE BACK...
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The detention officers at Lake County Juvenile Complex have seen a lot. This conversation reveals an interesting perspective on the challenges many kids face growing up in under-serviced neighborhoods.The detention officers at Lake County Juvenile Complex have seen a lot. This... more
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Rodrick was brought in to LCJC on a possession of marijuana, but he adamantly maintained that the drugs were not his. Everyone who knew him stood up for him and testified that he was doing well, leaving the gang life behind, turning his life around. His story took a few unexpected twists, nonetheless.Rodrick was brought in to LCJC on a possession of marijuana, but he adamantly... more
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This video will make you think ---- suddenly you have to think like the administrator of a maximum security juvenile prison. How would you deal with Zach's destructive tendencies?This video will make you think ---- suddenly you have to think like the administrator... more
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Big L has a presence inside the Lake County Juvenile Complex. The kids look up to him because he cares. He knows where they come from because he's been there himself. We need more like Big L.
Calamari Productions is the only production company in the country with unrestricted rights to shoot in many of our nations juvenile justice and child welfare systems. This unique access gives a perspective on juvenile issues that fuels the dialogue and bolsters debate.Big L has a presence inside the Lake County Juvenile Complex. The kids look up to him... more
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Calamari Productions is the only production company in the country with unrestricted rights to shoot in many of our nations juvenile justice and child welfare systems. This unique access gives a perspective on juvenile issues that fuels the dialogue and bolsters debate.
Meet Miguel, a 17-year-old kid who will challenge many popular stereotypes about repeat juvenile offenders.Calamari Productions is the only production company in the country with unrestricted... more
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Thaddeus Jimenez ("TJ") was exonerated on May 1, 2009 through the work of the Center on Wrongful Convictions. TJ is the youngest person at the time of his arrest ever to be exonerated in Illinois and likely in all of the United States. In 1993, he was 13 years old and sentenced to 50 years as an adult for a crime he did not commit.
This short video features interviews with TJ's lawyers, as well as footage of him leaving prison and seeing his mother for the first time as a free manThaddeus Jimenez ("TJ") was exonerated on May 1, 2009 through the work of... more
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The Beat Diaries tells the life story of those who have struggled with the juvenvile justice system. Meet Ming Toy Lee.
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www.thebeatwithin.orgThe Beat Diaries tells the life story of those who have struggled with the juvenvile... more
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