2018-2019 John Jay Juvenile Justice Reporting Fellowships
Over the past decade, the nation’s policies towards young people involved in the justice system have undergone a profound change. Some 70 pieces of legislation in at least 36 states have enacted major reforms in areas ranging from raising the age of adult jurisdiction to removing youths from adult prisons. The juvenile commitment rate has dropped by half to its lowest level since the federal government began tracking figures in 1997. But the task’s far from over. How can journalists interpret the policy challenges and changes emanating from state capitals and Washington to inform public debate?
A conference organized by the John Jay Center on Media, Crime and Justice on Oct 4-5, 2018, marking “Juvenile Justice Month,” brought together 33 journalists with academics, practitioners, policymakers, advocates and individuals who have directly experienced the juvenile justice system for two days of intensive briefings and discussions with the aim of providing fact and research-based perspectives that will offer reporters navigational help in covering these issues. Reporters were selected for these special fellowships based on their proposed projects and stories. Their work will be published here and in the main pages of The Crime Report over 2018-2019.
This conference represents the fourth in a series of juvenile justice reporting fellowships organized by the Center on Media, Crime and Justice at John Jay College, and is supported with grants from the Tow Foundation and the Annie E. Casey Foundation. The funders played no part in selection of fellows.
To see the conference agenda, please click here.
Click here for a list of the fellows and speakers.
For more information, visit the Center on Media, Crime and Justice.
For information on previous juvenile justice symposia, see The Crime Report/Programs.
DATA RESOURCES & STATS
(prepared by YouthFirst Initiative)
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ADDITIONAL MATERIAL
HONORING GAULT: Ensuring Access to Counsel in Delinquency Proceedings
National Juvenile Defender Center (NJDC)
(NJDC) ACCESS DENIED: A National Snapshot of States’ Failure to Protect Children’s Right to Counsel
(Selected) FELLOWS ARTICLES
Ximena Alvarez, et al KENS5 News
Feb 27, 2019
Cary Aspinwall, Dallas Morning News
June 3, 2019
Are Indigent Texas Kids Getting Fair Representation in Court?
Suzette Brewer
July 18, 2019
‘This Cannot Be My Life’: The ‘Nightmare’ of Foster Care in Indian Country
Chelsea Deffenbacher, Register-Guard
Jan 7, 2019
Is a Registry for Juvenile Sex Offenders a Form of ‘Child Abuse’?
Tessa Duvall, The Florida Times-Union
Dec 13, 2018
Cassi Feldman, The Appeal
Dec 4, 2018
Michael Fitzgerald, Chronicle of Social Change
Abe Kenmore, Watertown Times, May 24, 2019
Devon Magliozzi/Ithaca Voice
Devon Magliozzi/Michael Fitzgerald/Chronicle
Sept 21, 2019
Allie Gross, Detroit Free Press
Aug. 16, 2019
More Than Half of Michigan Juvenile Lifers ‘Still Await Resentencing’
Jimmy Jenkins, KJZZ
Jan 23, 2019
Private Health Provider Endangered Arizona Inmates: Whistleblower
Abe Kenmore, Chronicle of Social Change
May 24, 2019
Kristian Jaime Kent Island Bay Times
County Addresses Needs of Young Opioid Users, April 3, 2019
Former NBA Star Addresses Students, Nov. 17, 2018
Massarah Mikati, Houston Chronicle
May 11, 2019
‘I See You’: Poetry, Dance Help Young Texas Detainees Overcome Trauma
Jessica Miller, Salt Lake Tribune
Kids Shackled in Outdated Courthouses,Dec 2, 2018
Grace Toohey, The Advocate
March 3, 2019
Louisiana Braces for ‘Growing Pains’ After Juvenile Justice Reforms
Joshua Vaughn, The Sentinel/The Appeal
Feb 1, 2019
Kids in Cuffs: Can Governments Afford to Put Children in Adult Jails?
Nov 27, 2018
Charlotte West, The Appeal
March 19, 2019
Locking Up Juvenile Truants, Runaways Called ‘State-Sanctioned Trauma’
Spencer Whitney, San Francisco Chronicle
California Makes Great Strides in Juvenile Justice, But More Must Be Done, June 3, 2019