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Without Youth Voices, There Can Be No Youth Justice
“The system has always treated youth and families as the problem, but without…
Oct 30, 2017
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To End Opioid Crisis, We Must Rely on More than "Just Say No"
Yesterday, a national public health emergency was declared as a response to the…
Oct 27, 2017
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Oprah Spotlights Solitary Confinement as Movement to Rethink its Use Picks Up Steam
“Why does an inmate deserve hope?”
Sitting in a now-empty pod of Secure Housing…
Oct 23, 2017
NEWS
Making Space for Girls
In 2016, a sixteen-year old black girl named Gynnya McMillen died in the cell…
Oct 20, 2017
NEWS
Stronger Together: Vera’s Policing Program Works to Bridge the Divide between Police and Community
The Vera Institute of Justice (Vera) has a longstanding history of…
Oct 16, 2017
NEWS
This Youth Justice Action Month, a Focus on Treating All Kids in the Criminal Justice System as Kids
Over the past 15 years, the number of children locked up each year in the…
Oct 13, 2017
NEWS
Using Diversion to Leverage Justice System Reform
In New Orleans, people arrested for prostitution should have the opportunity to…
Oct 09, 2017
NEWS
Developing Reentry Programs
Access to safe and affordable housing is a human right.
It provides a…
Sep 29, 2017
NEWS
Video Visits in Prisons Enhance Connections, But at a Cost
It’s easy to take for granted the million ways in which technology makes our…
Aug 15, 2017
NEWS
New White House Report Outlines Recommendations to Stem the Tide of Drug Overdose Deaths
Last week, the president’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the…
Aug 11, 2017