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May 28th Emergency Protest: The People’s Indictment of the 3 cops that beat Jordan Miles Justice for Jordan Miles

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Protect IP Act will give Attorney General powers to sue any website

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Partial Victory - State to Redraw Construction Plans for Youth Jail

by Shernay Williams

AFRO Staff Writer

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Plans for a controversial youth… Continue

Added by Darcy Delaproser on May 27, 2011 at 2:48pm — No Comments

When should a teenager be tried as an adult?

Michael Barrett

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When Teresa Shirley learned that her 17-year-old daughter had come to blows with a female classmate at North Gaston High… Continue

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Kids in the Big House

Oregon Finally Changes Law That Puts Teens in Adult Jails

by Sarah Mirk

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Jajuana Calloway On Losing Her 14-Year-Old to a 30-Year Prison Sentence

At the age of 14 my son was sentenced to 30-years in prison without the possibility of parole.

My boy, Christopher, was convicted and sentenced under a set of laws… Continue

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Sexual abuse: When a parent is the pimp

By Tracy Clark-Flory

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Davontae Sanford Don't For Get Me

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Three Strikes and Civil Rights

Photo by Matteo Parrini via Flickr

Are reporters missing the real story about our criminal justice system? A veteran California journalist says a recent… Continue

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When Does a Crime Victim’s Criminal History Matter?

By Jeremy Kohler

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Reporters often turn to murder victims’ criminal… Continue

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New ways to prevent child prostitution

A New Look at Preventing Child Prostitution

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Would You Recognize the Signs of Sex Trafficking?

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Child trafficking not seen as a child protection issue Why are local authorities refusing to help children being trafficked for sex?

Louise Hunt

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Maria was brought to the…

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Sex Trafficking of Americans: The Girls Next Door

Even as celebrity activists such as Emma Thompson, Demi Moore, and Mira Sorvino raise awareness about commercial sex trafficking, survivor Rachel Lloyd publishes her memoir Girls Like Us, and the Senate introduces a new bipartisan bill for victim support, the problem…

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Violence & Criminalization Featured, Violence & Criminalization Recently the Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) published a summary about the needs of girls in conflict …

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Juvenile Justice Served? The Troubling Disparities in the Cases of Sara Kruzan and Daniel Kovarbasich

As an advocate for the welfare of children, I’ve gone over and over the juvenile murder cases of Sara Kruzan and Daniel Kovarbasich, trying…

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Justice? Michigan Prosecutors Say Davontae Sanford Can’t Get There From Here

Davontae Sanford is 18 and in prison. He was 14 when he confessed to shooting and killing…

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Added by Darcy Delaproser on May 25, 2011 at 4:43am — No Comments

The Lost Boys

By David Chura

What happens when you put juvenile prisoners in an adult isolation lockup? …

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The death of J.J., a kid worth saving

by Advocates Forabandonedadolescents When you are a reporter writing…

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Added by Darcy Delaproser on May 20, 2011 at 4:34pm — No Comments

Md. Youth Jail To Be Scaled Back

BALTIMORE — Construction of a juvenile detention center in East Baltimore could be delayed by a year after state prison officials announced they would reduce the size of the proposed $70 million facility.…

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