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Life sentences for juveniles
The US Supreme Court has just agreed to take up the issue as to whether juveniles can be sentenced to life without parole (LWOP). The issue relates to a 2004 case, Roper v. Simmons, in which the Cour… more →
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Life sentences for juveniles
ac524 wrote 6 months ago: The US Supreme Court has just agreed to take up the issue as to whether juveniles can be sentenced t … more →
Kids jailed for Cash on 20/20
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ac524 wrote 7 months ago: 20/20 aired a special on Friday night about the Judges who jailed young people in exchange for money … more →
Take Action in New York State
ac524 wrote 8 months ago: The Governor of New York is currently considering his budget, and there is an opportunity to re-dire … more →
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ac524 wrote 11 months ago: The Campaign for Youth Justice, an advocacy organization based in Washington, DC, has published an e … more →
Malign neglect on Rikers Island
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ac524 wrote 1 year ago: A small story was published in the New York Daily News last week which I’m sure went unnoticed … more →
UN report on violence against children in institutions
ac524 wrote 1 year ago: The UN has produced an excellent report on violence against children in institutions (both punitive … more →
New Legislation in New York
ac524 wrote 1 year ago: The New York State legislature has just passed a ‘bill of rights’ for incarcerated youth … more →
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ac524 wrote 1 year ago: The Sentencing Project has put together a good report on the state of criminal justice sentencing re … more →
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ac524 wrote 1 year ago: The following is a report, written by various human rights and juvenile justice advocacy groups in t … more →
Important letter from human rights groups about Omar Khadr
ac524 wrote 1 year ago: February 1, 2008 Robert M. Gates Secretary of Defense Department of Defense 1000 Defense Pentagon Wa … more →
Take Action Now
ac524 wrote 1 year ago: Behnam Zare’ (18) is at risk of imminent execution for a murder committed when he was 15 years … more →
Juvenile Justice in Africa
ac524 wrote 1 year ago: I’ve recently been interested in exploring the tensions between the enactment in 1989 of the U … more →
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ac524 wrote 1 year ago: When I worked in New York City as a social worker, I represented a young woman who suffered from ser … more →
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ac524 wrote 1 year ago: The following is testimony from the Children’s Rights Alliance for England and the National So … more →
The Architecture of Incarceration
ac524 wrote 1 year ago: I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the architecture of juvenile institutions, primarily bec … more →
