Found 11 matches.
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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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New Mexico Develops Plan for Gender-Responsive Services and Programs for Girls in the Juvenile Justice System, H.M. 21
Tags: New Mexico | Girls | Institutional Conditions | Legislation
In response to a House Memorial passed in 2009, the New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department convened a task force to develop a sustainable plan for a continuum of gender-responsive services and programs for girls in the juvenile justice system. The initial legislative request for the task force cites the complex and unique needs of girls. The task force reviewed current risk assessment tools, existing treatment options for gender-responsive services and programs, and best practice models for implementing and sustaining gender-responsive services and programs. The task force's plan recommends implementation of a gender-specific curriculum and programming for all girls in the juvenile justice system. The 2011 legislative request to implement the plan notes the need for early intervention, involvement with families and communities, staff training, and standardized data collection, and also acknowledges the fiscal prudence of early intervention.
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New Mexico Extends Working Group Considering Appropriate Detention Placement for Older Youth, H.M. 29
Tags: New Mexico | Youth in the Adult System | Legislation
In 2009, the New Mexico House of Representatives requested that the Children, Youth and Families Department convene a working group to share resources, research, and recommendations and to otherwise coordinate efforts on the subject of appropriate detention for youth 18-21 years of age. The working group was directed to address concerns regarding housing older youth with adults, as well as concerns with housing such youth with youth aged 12-17. A duplicate House Memorial was passed in 2010 to continue the work of the group. The group made a series of recommendations in 2010 covering various topics, such as when youth may be transferred to adult jails, time limits for initial hearings, hearing procedures, and measures to protect youth aged 18-21 who are placed in adult jails.
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New Mexico Develops Plan for Gender-Responsive Services and Programs for Girls in the Juvenile Justice System, H.M. 40
Tags: New Mexico | Girls | Institutional Conditions | Legislation
In response to a House Memorial passed in 2009, the New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department convened a task force to develop a sustainable plan for a continuum of gender-responsive services and programs for girls in the juvenile justice system. The initial legislative request for the task force cites the complex and unique needs of girls. The task force reviewed current risk assessment tools, existing treatment options for gender-responsive services and programs, and best practice models for implementing and sustaining gender-responsive services and programs. The task force's plan recommends implementation of a gender-specific curriculum and programming for all girls in the juvenile justice system. The 2011 legislative request to implement the plan notes the need for early intervention, involvement with families and communities, staff training, and standardized data collection, and also acknowledges the fiscal prudence of early intervention.
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New Mexico Prohibits Use of Restraints on Girls in Labor, S.B. 423
Tags: New Mexico | Girls | Institutional Conditions | Legislation
Law prohibits the use of any kind of restraints on an inmate who is in labor, delivering her baby, or recuperating from the delivery, unless there are grounds to believe that she presents an immediate threat of harm to herself, staff, or others, or is a substantial flight risk. The law also mandates that an adult or juvenile correctional facility, detention center, or local jail use the least restrictive restraints necessary when the facility has knowledge that an inmate is in the second or third trimester of pregnancy.
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New Mexico Working Group Considers Appropriate Detention Placement for Older Youth, H.M. 115
Tags: New Mexico | Youth in the Adult System | Legislation
In 2009, the New Mexico House of Representatives requested that the Children, Youth and Families Department convene a working group to share resources, research, and recommendations and to otherwise coordinate efforts on the subject of appropriate detention for youth 18-21 years of age. The working group was directed to address concerns regarding housing older youth with adults, as well as concerns with housing such youth with youth aged 12-17. A duplicate House Memorial was passed in 2010 to continue the work of the group. The group made a series of recommendations in 2010 covering various topics, such as when youth may be transferred to adult jails, time limits for initial hearings, hearing procedures, and measures to protect youth aged 18-21 who are placed in adult jails.
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State of New Mexico v. Rudy B., Case No. 27,589
Tags: New Mexico | Youth in the Adult System | Court Decisions and Related Documents
New Mexico Court of Appeals holding that the provision in the state's Delinquency Act that allows a juvenile court judge, rather than a jury, to determine whether a juvenile may receive an adult sentence based on evidence presented at the amenability hearing is unconstitutional.
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New Mexico Develops Plan for Gender-Responsive Services and Programs for Girls in the Juvenile Justice System, H.M. 13
Tags: New Mexico | Girls | Institutional Conditions | Legislation
In response to a House Memorial passed in 2009, the New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department convened a task force to develop a sustainable plan for a continuum of gender-responsive services and programs for girls in the juvenile justice system. The initial legislative request for the task force cites the complex and unique needs of girls. The task force reviewed current risk assessment tools, existing treatment options for gender-responsive services and programs, and best practice models for implementing and sustaining gender-responsive services and programs. The task force's plan recommends implementation of a gender-specific curriculum and programming for all girls in the juvenile justice system. The 2011 legislative request to implement the plan notes the need for early intervention, involvement with families and communities, staff training, and standardized data collection, and also acknowledges the fiscal prudence of early intervention.
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New Mexico Revises Mental Health and Disabilities Code to Benefit Youth, New Mexico, H.B. 637
Tags: New Mexico | Mental Health and Substance Abuse | Physical Health | Legislation
Revises the Children's Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code to ensure that children receiving mental health and habilitation services have basic rights regardless of the setting.
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New Mexico Increases Confidentiality of Juvenile Records, New Mexico, H.B. 738
Tags: New Mexico | Confidentiality | Legislation
Prohibits the New Mexico Supreme Court from displaying on their public website the names of persons under age 18 found to be delinquent of an offense.
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New Mexico Incorporates JDAI Principles in Children's Code, New Mexico, H.B. 517
Tags: New Mexico | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Detention | Legislation
Incorporates the guiding principles of the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative into the Purpose section of the Delinquency Article of the New Mexico Children's Code, furthering the state's detention reform efforts.