Archive for the ‘Juvenile Detention’ Category
‘Bizarre’ Costs Cited In Review Of New Illinois Juvenile Agency
Thursday, March 4th, 2010What Life Is Like In A Violent New York Youth Prison
Saturday, February 13th, 2010Budget Squeeze May Cut Memphis Juvenile Detention In Half
Friday, February 12th, 2010TN Ponders How To Fix Oversight Of Juvenile Center Sex Abuse
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010Throw-Away Children: Juvenile Justice in Collapse
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
The system is failing thousands of our most vulnerable youth. Is it time for reform?
The U.S. spends $5 billion a year on juvenile corrections, but it’s hard to argue that taxpayers are getting what they paid for. Many criminologists already agree that the country’s criminal justice system is overdue for reform; but no area seems more in need of urgent attention than juvenile justice.
Female Staff Abuse Of Males Alleged At Tennessee Youth Facility
Saturday, February 6th, 2010Closing Of New York Juvenile Lockup Seen As Sign Of The Times
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010Has New York’s ‘Penal Colony For Kids’ Outlived Its Usefulness?
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010New York Magazine profiles Tryon Residential Center, a troubled upstate juvenile detention facility that it describes as a “penal colony for kids.” Located an hour northwest of Albany, the lockup is filled with youths from New York City’s poor neighborhoods. Opened in 1966, it is best known as the reform school where 12-year-old Mike Tyson first learned how to box. (more…)