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Report on the Evaluation of Judicially Led Responses to Eliminate School Pathways to the Juvenile Justice System
Tags: California | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | Florida | Georgia | Indiana | Kentucky | Massachusetts | Maryland | Michigan | North Carolina | New Mexico | Tennessee | School-to-Prison Pipeline | Reports | Research
Report on judicially-led collaboratives to reduce stringent school discipline and referrals of youth to juvenile courts for school-based behaviors. Discusses findings and some lessons learned. (Copyright 2015, released in June 2016.)
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Kentucky S.B. 200, 2014 (Juvenile Justice System Reform)
Tags: Kentucky | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Deinstitutionalization | General System Reform | School-to-Prison Pipeline | Status Offenses | Legislation
The full text of Kentucky's 2014 S.B. 200, an omnibus bill that requires sweeping changes to the state's juvenile justice system.
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Legislative Task Force Recommends Increased Community-Based Programming, S.C.R. 35 Task Force Report
Tags: Kentucky | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Legislation | Reports
Building on the work of a task force created in 2012 to study the Unified Juvenile Code (H.C.R. 129/Act No. 37), a 2013 task force in Kentucky studied issues related to youth who commit status offenses, alternatives to detention, reinvestment of savings from reduced use of facilities to create community-based treatment programs, and the feasibility of establishing an age of criminal responsibility, among other issues. The task force’s report, released December 19, 2013, found that Kentucky spends over half of its budget on secure and non-secure residential facilities; significant resources are spent on out-of-home placements for youth who commit status offenses; there is a lack of funding for community-based services and alternatives; and the majority of cases in the juvenile justice system are for lower-level offenses. The task force recommended expanding community-based services; focusing out-of-home placements on youth who commit more serious offenses, and reinvesting resulting savings in prevention and early intervention efforts; increasing the effectiveness of juvenile justice programs and services and improving oversight of reform implementation; and tracking performance measures. S.C.R. 35, signed into law March 14, 2013.
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Legislative Task Force Recommends Increased Community-Based Programming, S.C.R. 35
Tags: Kentucky | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Legislation
Building on the work of a task force created in 2012 to study the Unified Juvenile Code (H.C.R. 129/Act No. 37), a 2013 task force in Kentucky studied issues related to youth who commit status offenses, alternatives to detention, reinvestment of savings from reduced use of facilities to create community-based treatment programs, and the feasibility of establishing an age of criminal responsibility, among other issues. The task force’s report, released December 19, 2013, found that Kentucky spends over half of its budget on secure and non-secure residential facilities; significant resources are spent on out-of-home placements for youth who commit status offenses; there is a lack of funding for community-based services and alternatives; and the majority of cases in the juvenile justice system are for lower-level offenses. The task force recommended expanding community-based services; focusing out-of-home placements on youth who commit more serious offenses, and reinvesting resulting savings in prevention and early intervention efforts; increasing the effectiveness of juvenile justice programs and services and improving oversight of reform implementation; and tracking performance measures. S.C.R. 35, signed into law March 14, 2013.
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Blueprint for Kentucky's Children: Ending the Use of Incarceration for Status Offenses in Kentucky
Tags: Kentucky | Status Offenses | Reports | Member Publications
A new report from Kentucky Advocates for Youth shows that community alternatives are cheaper for the state and better for public safety.
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Judge Finds Mandatory Strip Search of Youth Unconstitutional, T.S. v. Gabbard, 860 F. Supp. 2d 384 (E.D. Ky. 2012)
Tags: Kentucky | Detention | Court Decisions and Related Documents
A federal judge in Kentucky found mandatory strip searches of youth during intake at a Perry County, Kentucky juvenile facility to be unconstitutional. Facility policy required youth to strip in front of non-medical staff who then visually observed the youth’s nude body for signs of abuse, illness, tattoos, or other markings. The court held that the facility conducted the strip searches without any reasonable suspicion of illness, injury, or possession of contraband, and therefore violated the youth’s constitutional right to privacy. In its opinion, the court noted that strip searches of youth raise unique concerns due to youth’s vulnerability. Additionally, the court dismissed the facility employees’ claim of qualified immunity—citing clear legal precedent prohibiting strip searches without individualized reasonable suspicion of possession of contraband—thereby allowing the youth to pursue civil damages. State officials have since changed the policy and youth are now screened at intake while partially clothed. T.S. v. Gabbard, 860 F. Supp. 2d 384 (E.D. Ky. 2012).
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Kentucky - Concurrent Resolution to study Juvenile Code, HCR 129
Tags: Kentucky | Brain and Adolescent Development | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | General System Reform | Risk Assessment and Screening | Status Offenses | Legislation
Establish a task force to study the Unified Juvenile Code; establish membership of task force; provide that the task force is to study issues related to status offenders, the use of community resources, alternatives to detention, reinvestment of savings to create community based treatment programs, feasibility of establishing an age of criminal responsibility, issues related to domestic violence and its impact on children exposed to domestic violence, issues related to special needs children, and use of validated risk and needs assessments; require the task force to submit a report to the Legislative Research Commission by November 1, 2012.
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Reclaiming Futures in Kentucky: Applying a Proven Framework for an Effective Community and Judicial Response to Status Offenses and Other Complex Needs of Youth in Rural and Urban Settings, Kentucky Youth Advocates
Tags: Kentucky | Status Offenses | Reports | Member Publications
Report modifying the Reclaiming Futures framework to identify the key decision points for youth charged with a status offense or at risk of such a charge. The framework consists of six stages that direct how the juvenile justice system, other youth serving agencies and organizations, and the community can work together to reduce the secure detention of youth charged with status offenses and work toward positive outcomes for these youth and their families.
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Family Court Rules of Procedure and Practice, Kentucky Supreme Court, Mandates Higher Scrutiny of Charging Process for Youth Facing Possible Prosecution for Status Offenses, January 1, 2011
Tags: Kentucky | Status Offenses | Court Decisions and Related Documents
On January 1, 2011, the Supreme Court of Kentucky adopted uniform Family Law Rules of Procedure and Practice to address the disparities and diversity that currently exist among the various local rules of practice within Kentucky’s courts. A segment of these rules impacts how status offenses are handled in the state. Court Designated Workers (CDWs)—who work for the court system and are the gatekeepers for all status and public offense charges—must now require school systems to provide complete documentation of interventions used to help students— especially those with educational disabilities—charged with status offenses. Likewise, parents who want to bring beyond-control charges against their children must establish for the CDW which community resources they have used to assist them with their children.
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Fayette County, Kentucky Schools Commit to End Disparate Discipline Practices, December 2010
Tags: Kentucky | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | Court Decisions and Related Documents
The Fayette County Public School System and the Kentucky Department of Education—facing claims of disparate discipline practices according to race and disability status of students—entered into a settlement agreement in Fayette County. The agreement includes provisions to involve an outside consultant with expertise in Positive Behavior Intervention Strategies (PBIS), conduct district-wide training of all staff on PBIS, revise the districts’ codes of conduct, create compliance committees comprised of community members and school personnel, and regularly track and review data to establish progress.
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Reducing the Use of Incarceration for Status Offenders in Kentucky, Kentucky Youth Advocates
Tags: Kentucky | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Status Offenses | Reports | Member Publications
Updated issue brief including statistics on youth charged with status offenses in Kentucky and criticizing the use of incarceration for youth who commit status offenses because of its ineffectiveness and expense. The brief also includes examples of effective approaches being used in Kentucky.
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Juvenile Justice Excerpt from 2009 Kentucky KIDS COUNT, Kentucky Youth Advocates
Tags: Kentucky | Crime Data and Statistics | General System Reform | Reports | Member Publications
Excerpt from the Annie E. Casey Foundations annual Kentucky KIDS COUNT Data Book with statistics of youth charged with offenses, youth in the juvenile justice system, and youth under Department of Juvenile Justice supervision in Kentucky.
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Strengthening Collaborations in Overlapping Systems for Our Most Vulnerable Youth, Kentucky KIDS COUNT Data Book
Essay on the need to strengthen collaborations between Kentucky's child welfare and juvenile justice systems to better serve "crossover" youth and prevent dual involvement.
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Opportunities Lost: Racial Disparities in Juvenile Justice in Kentucky and Identified Needs for System Change, Kentucky Youth Advocates
Tags: Kentucky | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | Reports | Member Publications
Issue brief reviewing Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC) in Kentucky at various stages of the juvenile justice process, discussing current efforts to reduce DMC, and offering recommendations to reduce disparities.