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College Dorm Closures Leave Some With Nowhere to Go…
What will happen to the many college students whose only housing option is a college dorm? Youth in foster care or formerly in foster care are among those impacted. For many of these youth and young adults, there is no place to go once schools have closed their dorms or other on-campus housing. Homelessness may…
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While the JJPDA celebrates 45 years…serious questions & challenges remain
While the JJPDA celebrates 45 years of achievement for juvenile justice reform, serious questions and challenges remain. Wendy Sawyer (2018) of the Prison Policy Initiative reports that On any given day, nearly 53,000 youth are held in facilities away from home as a result of juvenile or criminal justice involvement. Nearly one in ten is…
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The Struggle is not Over Yet
Involved mother sentenced to 5 years for trying to vote. https://action.aclu.org/petition/support-crystal-mason?ms_aff=NAT&initms_aff=NAT&ms=190719_votingrights_ crystalmason&initms=190719_votingrights_crystalmason&ms _chan=web&initms_
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Prison Reform: the Promises and the Challenges
More than 3000 non violent federal prisoners are being released, now what? Are we as a nation ready to treat one another with respect, integrity and collective efficacy, with the belief that there is the capacity and space for us all to succeed? Many thanks to all who had the courage and tenacity to make this…
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Just Say Y.E.S
Join the Y E S Challenge Young, Employed & Successful Help Forgotten Youth https://www.americaspromise.org/yes
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Peace and Hope for Christmas and throughout the year!
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As Incarceration of Women Doubles, Racial Disproportionality Increases
https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/pie2018women.html
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Who Will Speak for Racial Equity?
Will new reporting guidelines help or hurt racial disparities in the juvenile justice system? What happens when authorities stop recording or paying attention to racial disparities? https://www.themarshallproject.org/2018/09/19/this-agency-tried-to-fix-the-race-gap-in-juvenile-justice-then-came-trump?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share-tools&utm_source=twitter&utm_content=post-top Race Matters in the Justice System
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