NY: Juvenile Justice
Youthful-Offender Status Reform Gives New Yorkers a Chance at a Clean Slate
NEW YORK -- This month, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill into law advocates said gives young people who were caught up in the criminal-…
‘Raise the Age’ Reforms Lead to No More Youths in NY Adult Prisons
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Rates of youth incarceration in adult jails and prison are down to zero since New York raised the age of criminal responsibility to 18…
Youths Act to End School-to-Prison Pipeline
NEW YORK -- Students in New York City are calling for school safety to be taken out of the hands of the police department. They call it the school-…
Fewer Youths in Juvenile Detention Amid Pandemic
NEW YORK -- A recent multi-state survey of juvenile detention shows the COVID-19 pandemic is having a dramatic impact on the juvenile justice system…
Keeping Girls Out of NY Juvenile Justice System
NEW YORK -- Getting to zero, that's the goal of a project begun in New York to end the incarceration of girls in the juvenile justice system…
Report Recommends New Focus for Juvenile Probation
NEW YORK — A new report says reforming probation practices for juveniles could increase their chances for success. In the past 20 years…
Hotline Brings Help to NYers After Arrest
NEW YORK - The first phone call after an arrest can be critical, and now a hotline in New York City is helping make sure it counts. More than a …
Report Calls for End to NY School-to-Prison Pipeline
NEW YORK - Juvenile-justice advocates say New York City is spending hundreds of millions of dollars a year on a punitive approach to school discipline…
Report: Mass Incarceration Increases Achievement Gap
NEW YORK -- Mass incarceration of African Americans has contributed significantly to the racial achievement gap in the nation's schools, according to …
Court Orders NY Jail to Stop Putting Juveniles in Solitary
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – A federal judge has ordered the Justice Center in Syracuse to stop putting 16- and 17-year-olds in solitary confinement…
Assembly Bill Would Seal Pot-Arrest Records
ALBANY, N.Y. -- A bill to seal the criminal records of New Yorkers arrested for marijuana possession has cleared the state Assembly. Personal …
DOJ Supports Lawsuit to End Juvenile Solitary
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – The U.S. Justice Department has submitted a "statement of interest" in a lawsuit seeking to end the solitary confinement of …