Found 65 matches.
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Think Outside the Walls: Race and Incarceration in Juvenile Justice - Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance
Tags: Connecticut | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | Member Publications | Fact Sheets and Briefs
The vast majority of children incarcerated in Connecticut are minorities. This Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance issue brief highlights some reasons for this and offers policy solutions.
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Persistent Racial Inequality in School Arrest Rates in Connecticut
Tags: Connecticut | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | School-to-Prison Pipeline | Member Publications | Fact Sheets and Briefs
Declines in school arrest rates are not equal for all students. Racial disparities persist, and students of color continue to experience the highest school arrest rates, black and Latino youth was more than three times that of white students.
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Walk in Our Shoes- Youth Share their Ideas for Changing Connecticut’s Juvenile Justice System
Tags: Connecticut | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Positive Youth Development and Strengths-Based Programming | Evidence-Based Practices | Member Publications
Approximately 40 youth participated in listening sessions that became, Walk in Our Shoes: Youth Share their Ideas for Changing Connecticut's Juvenile Justice System, issued by the Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance and the Youth First Initiative. The report breaks down the young people's comments into a series of recommendations.
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Think Outside the Walls: LGBTQ Youth
Tags: Connecticut | Girls | LGBTQ Youth | Member Publications | Fact Sheets and Briefs
Issue brief from Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance focusing on LGBTQ youth in the juvenile justice system and girls with distinct mental health needs floundering in a juvenile justice system that is designed for boys.
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People Are More Important Than Buildings
Tags: Connecticut | Aftercare/Reentry | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | Mental Health and Substance Abuse | Member Publications | Fact Sheets and Briefs
This article addresses the issues of incarceration of youth in facilities that are very expensive and ineffective in dealing with youth who break the law. "People Are More Important Than Buildings", discusses steps Connecticut could and should take to hold our youth accountable while still treating them with dignity and respect.
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Infographic: It Takes a Village - Diversion Resources for Police and Families
Tags: Connecticut | Illinois | Michigan | Nebraska | Nevada | Oregon | Brain and Adolescent Development | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Deinstitutionalization | Status Offenses | Reports | Partner Publications
Summary of brief from Vera Institute of Justice explores the community-focused work being done in Nevada, Connecticut, Nebraska, Michigan, Illinois, and Oregon to find productive responses to youth "acting out."
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It Takes a Village: Diversion Resources for Police and Families
Tags: Connecticut | Illinois | Michigan | Nebraska | Nevada | Oregon | Brain and Adolescent Development | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Deinstitutionalization | Status Offenses | Reports | Partner Publications
This brief from Vera Institute of Justice explores the community-focused work being done in Nevada, Connecticut, Nebraska, Michigan, Illinois, and Oregon to find productive responses to youth "acting out."
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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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Juvenile Prisons: National Consensus and Alternatives
Tags: Connecticut | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Deinstitutionalization | Reports | Research | Member Publications
This report by NJJN member the Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance makes the case for the closure of the Connecticut Juvenile Training School and the Pueblo Unit, based on national research citing the failure of youth prisons nationwide to rehabilitate young people. The report makes recommendations based on successful state-level models.
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The Color of Justice
Tags: Connecticut | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | Member Publications
Connecticut Juvenile Justice Association's report on racial and ethnic disparities in the Connecticut youth justice system.
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The SBDI Toolkit: A Community Resource for Reducing School-Based Arrests
Tags: Connecticut | National | School-to-Prison Pipeline | Reports
Toolkit developed based on the Connecticut model to divert school-based youth arrests.
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The Comeback and Coming-from-Behind States: An Update on Youth Incarceration in the United States
Tags: California | Connecticut | Illinois | Missouri | Mississippi | Nebraska | New York | Ohio | South Dakota | Texas | Washington | Wisconsin | Wyoming | National | Deinstitutionalization | NJJN Publications
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Connecticut Encourages Use of Community-Based Programs to Prevent Justice System Involvement, S.B. 1163/Act No. 13-268
Tags: Connecticut | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Positive Youth Development and Strengths-Based Programming | Prevention | Legislation
The Connecticut General Assembly passed a law establishing a pilot program in Hartford aimed at preventing youth delinquency and violence. The program requires the Court Support Services Division to collaborate with community-based services aimed at promoting positive youth development and reducing contact with the juvenile justice system. The law also establishes a bond program to provide grants to subsidize youth employment through the newly established Connecticut Young Adult Conservation Corps. S.B. 1163/Act No. 13-268, signed into law July 11, 2013; Hartford pilot program effective July 11, 2013, bond program effective July 1, 2013, and Connecticut Young Adult Conservation Corps effective January 1, 2014.
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Connecticut Creates Raise the Grade Pilot Program for Youth in the Juvenile Justice or Child Welfare System, H.B. 6705/Act No. 13-234
Tags: Connecticut | Crossover and Dual Jurisdiction Youth | School-to-Prison Pipeline | Legislation
Acknowledging a problematic educational achievement gap between youth in the juvenile justice and/or child welfare systems and those in the general population, the Connecticut General Assembly created the Raise the Grade pilot program. The two-year pilot program—created by the Department of Children and Families (DCF) in consultation with the Department of Education—is being implemented in Hartford, Bridgeport, and New Haven and aims to increase the academic achievement of children in DCF custody or who are served by the Court Support Services Division. The legislation includes provisions to help identify youth who are performing below grade level, develop plans to improve their academic performance, facilitate the transfer of academic records, and annually track the academic progress of each youth in state custody. H.B. 6705/Act No. 13-234, signed into law June 19, 2013; effective July 1, 2013.
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The Comeback States: Reducing Juvenile Incarceration in the United States - NJJN, TPPF
Tags: California | Connecticut | Illinois | Mississippi | New York | Ohio | Texas | Washington | Wisconsin | National | Deinstitutionalization | NJJN Publications
Nine "comeback states" are featured for their dramatic reversal of youth incarceration rates in the past decade and for adopting policies that will promote further reductions.
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Common Ground: Lessons Learned from Five States that Reduced Juvenile Confinement by More than Half
Tags: Arizona | Connecticut | Louisiana | Minnesota | Tennessee | Deinstitutionalization | General System Reform | Reports | Partner Publications
Report looks closely at five states that did the most to reduce their juvenile incarceration rates between 2001 and 2010-- Connecticut, Arizona, Minnesota, Louisiana, and Tennessee. Looks at the common factors driving their success, and makes recommendations to the field and other states.
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Juvenile Justice Reform in Connecticut: How Collaboration and Commitment Improved Outcomes for Youth Justice Policy Institute
Tags: Connecticut | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Deinstitutionalization | Detention | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | General System Reform | School-to-Prison Pipeline | Status Offenses | Reports | Partner Publications
A look at Connecticut’s juvenile justice system reforms shows how a culture change and major investments in evidence-based services turned a wasteful, punitive, ineffective, and abusive juvenile justice system into a national model, at no additional cost to taxpayers.
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Juvenile Justice Reform in Connecticut: How Collaboration and Commitment Improved Outcomes for Youth Justice Policy Institute [Exec. Summ]
Tags: Connecticut | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Deinstitutionalization | Detention | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | General System Reform | School-to-Prison Pipeline | Status Offenses | Partner Publications
A look at Connecticut’s juvenile justice system reforms shows how a culture change and major investments in evidence-based services turned a wasteful, punitive, ineffective, and abusive juvenile justice system into a national model, at no additional cost to taxpayers.
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Cops in Schools: a History Lesson (Op Ed)
Tags: Connecticut | School-to-Prison Pipeline | Member Publications
An op-ed from NJJN member Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance on the drawbacks to putting cops in schools -- especially without training, a job description, or an MOU governing the limits of their authority.
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Adult Decisions: Connecticut Rethinks Student Arrests
Tags: Connecticut | School-to-Prison Pipeline | Reports | Member Publications
Several Connecticut towns have dramatically reduced arrests in schools without compromising safety, a report by the Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance finds. Profiles three Connecticut towns working to end the overuse of arrest in their schools.
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Connecticut Removes Some Roadblocks to Keeping Youth in Juvenile Court, H.B. 6001/Act No. 12-1
Tags: Connecticut | Juvenile Defense and Court Process | Youth in the Adult System | Legislation
Connecticut state law requires youth 14 and older charged with Class A or B felonies to be transferred to adult court, but a youth charged with a Class B felony may be sent back to juvenile court if both the prosecutor and defense counsel agree that the youth would be better served there. Prior to new legislation, the prosecutor had only 10 days to file a motion to transfer a youth back to juvenile court; the legislation eliminates the 10-day limit. For youth charged with other felonies, the law moves discretionary transfer hearings out of adult court and back to juvenile court. A court may only transfer such a case if “the best interests of the child and the public” will not be served by keeping the case in juvenile court. In making this finding, the court must consider the existence and seriousness of any prior offenses, any evidence of mental illness or intellectual disability, and the availability of appropriate services in juvenile court. H.B. 6001/Act No. 12-1, signed into law June 15, 2012; effective October 1, 2012.
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Connecticut Biennial Report on Disproportionate Minority Contact FY10-11, 12.31.11
Tags: Connecticut | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | Reports
Per H.B. 6634 in 2011, report includes a chart of the steps to be taken by various state agencies to address DMC in FY 2012 and FY 2013, focusing on data, policies and practices, shared initiatives, and training and technical assistance. The report also includes information on efforts made by state agencies to address DMC in the past.
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Invisible Students: The Role of Alternative and Adult Education in the Connecticut School-to-Prison Pipeline
Tags: Connecticut | School-to-Prison Pipeline | Reports
Using Connecticut as a case study, this report sheds light on the alarming rate at which school systems are pushing children with behavioral and academic problems out of the school system and into the juvenile justice system. The report goes on to offer recommendations for juvenile justice reform. Presented by A Better Way Foundation and Connecticut Pushout Research and Organizing Project.
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The Power of Advocacy
Tags: Connecticut
The Tow Foundation describes the strategic impact it's made in Connecticut by funding advocacy (and engaging in advocacy itself) in the areas of delinquency prevention, school-to-prison pipeline, and the campaign to raise the age at which teens are sent to adult court.
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How to Catch Lightning in a Bottle: The Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance's First 10 Years, Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance
Tags: Connecticut | General System Reform | Reports | Member Publications
Report chronicling the incredible achievements of the Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance's first ten years, including their victorious Raise the Age campaign.
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Connecticut Requires State to Address Disproportionate Minority Contact, H.B. 6634
Tags: Connecticut | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | Legislation
The Connecticut Commissioner of Children and Families, Commissioner of Public Safety, Chief State's Attorney, Chief Public Defender, Chief Court Administrator, and Police Officer Standards and Training Council must each prepare a report on their plans to address disproportionate minority contact and steps taken to implement those plans during the previous two fiscal years. The first biennial report was submitted to the governor and legislature on December 31, 2011.
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Connecticut Restricts Use of Detention, H.B. 6634
Tags: Connecticut | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Deinstitutionalization | Detention | Legislation
Connecticut law restricts placement of youth in detention unless there is probable cause to believe the youth has committed the acts alleged and there is no less restrictive alternative available. The law also carves out six additional factors that allow for detention, including a strong probability that a youth will run away and a judicial finding of a violation of a suspended detention order. No youth may be held in any detention center without a judicial order to detain.
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Connecticut Schools to Address Truancy, H.B. 6499
Tags: Connecticut | School-to-Prison Pipeline | Status Offenses | Legislation
State law in Connecticut requires school districts to take additional measures to address truancy and to report annually on their truancy reduction activities. Schools must provide written notice to parents that unexcused absences could result in a complaint filed with the Superior Court. The legislation also requires the State Board of Education to adopt uniform definitions of excused and unexcused absences for districts to use in implementing required truancy policies and filing truancy data reports.
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Connecticut Works to Streamline Reentry to School, H.B. 6325
Tags: Connecticut | Aftercare/Reentry | Legislation
Connecticut law now allows a student to re-enroll in his or her old school district after being sent to a juvenile detention center, the Connecticut Juvenile Training School, or another residential placement for committing an offense for which the student could be expelled from school. Before the student is discharged from detention, educational providers must assess the schoolwork he or she completed while incarcerated and determine how much academic credit to assign to it; credits must be accepted by the school to which the student returns.
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Connecticut Youth Gain Prompter Access to Temporary Leave from Facilities, H.B. 6636
Tags: Connecticut | Detention | Institutional Conditions | Legislation
The Connecticut General Assembly waived the 60-day waiting period for a youth to be granted leave after his or her placement changes. Prior to this, youth could not apply for leave from a juvenile facility or residential placement to attend events such as a family gathering. The legislature also eliminated the one-year mandatory minimum stay at the Connecticut Juvenile Training School, allowing youth to be sentenced to shorter stays.
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Criteria for Summons Requiring No Further Action, Connecticut Judicial Branch, June 15, 2011
Tags: Connecticut | School-to-Prison Pipeline | Court Decisions and Related Documents
The Connecticut Judicial Branch screens all police summonses for youth arrested for minor offenses in schools in order to determine whether the facts, if true, are sufficient to warrant a court referral and whether the interests of the public or the child require further action. Insufficient summonses will be sent back to police. The judicial branch seeks to reduce the number of arrests made in schools for behavior that could be dealt with by school staff. Specifically, probation supervisors will recommend no further court involvement for typical adolescent behavior, such as wearing a hat in school, talking back to staff, running in the halls, or swearing.
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Template Complaint Return Letter to Police from Connecticut Juvenile Probation Regarding Police Summonses for Minor Offenses
Tags: Connecticut | School-to-Prison Pipeline | Court Decisions and Related Documents
The Connecticut Judicial Branch screens all police summonses for youth arrested for minor offenses in schools in order to determine whether the facts, if true, are sufficient to warrant a court referral and whether the interests of the public or the child require further action. Insufficient summonses will be sent back to police. The judicial branch seeks to reduce the number of arrests made in schools for behavior that could be dealt with by school staff. Specifically, probation supervisors will recommend no further court involvement for typical adolescent behavior, such as wearing a hat in school, talking back to staff, running in the halls, or swearing.
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Template Letter to Police Chief from Connecticut Juvenile Probation Regarding Police Summonses for Minor Offenses
Tags: Connecticut | School-to-Prison Pipeline | Court Decisions and Related Documents
The Connecticut Judicial Branch screens all police summonses for youth arrested for minor offenses in schools in order to determine whether the facts, if true, are sufficient to warrant a court referral and whether the interests of the public or the child require further action. Insufficient summonses will be sent back to police. The judicial branch seeks to reduce the number of arrests made in schools for behavior that could be dealt with by school staff. Specifically, probation supervisors will recommend no further court involvement for typical adolescent behavior, such as wearing a hat in school, talking back to staff, running in the halls, or swearing.
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Connecticut Juvenile Services Intake Procedures, Screening of All Arrests for Minor Offenses in Schools, Policy No. 74, June 15, 2011
Tags: Connecticut | School-to-Prison Pipeline | Court Decisions and Related Documents
The Connecticut Judicial Branch screens all police summonses for youth arrested for minor offenses in schools in order to determine whether the facts, if true, are sufficient to warrant a court referral and whether the interests of the public or the child require further action. Insufficient summonses will be sent back to police. The judicial branch seeks to reduce the number of arrests made in schools for behavior that could be dealt with by school staff. Specifically, probation supervisors will recommend no further court involvement for typical adolescent behavior, such as wearing a hat in school, talking back to staff, running in the halls, or swearing.
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Connecticut Police Must Report Possible Abuse or Neglect of Youth Arrested for Prostitution, S.B. 1044
Tags: Connecticut | Girls | Victims | Legislation
Legislation requires police to report suspected abuse or neglect of youth arrested for prostitution to the Department of Children and Families. This is part of a movement to decriminalize youth involved in prostitution, and increase the recognition that youth involved in prostitution are very often being coerced and/or abused by adults.
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Connecticut Passes Law to Protect Sexually Exploited Children S.B. 153
Tags: Connecticut | Girls | Victims | Legislation
The Connecticut General Assembly passed "An Act Providing Safe Harbor for Exploited Children," which makes it illegal for youth younger than 16 to be charged with prostitution. Previously there was no age limit for charging youth with prostitution. The law also provides that for 16- and 17-year olds, there is a presumption that the youth was coerced into committing the offense. Lastly, the bill increases the penalties for promoting the prostitution of someone younger than 18 years old.
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States Rethink 'Adult Time for Adult Crime,' Stephanie Chen, CNN.com
Tags: Connecticut | Youth in the Adult System | Media
Article about how teenagers who commit crimes at the age of 16 in Connecticut are no longer sent into the adult criminal justice system.
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Connecticut Protects Exploited Children, Connecticut, S.B. 153
Tags: Connecticut | Girls | Legislation
Law expands protections for girls up to age seventeen involved in prostitution. It also makes engaging in prostitution a misdemeanor, while promoting prostitution is made a felony.
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Connecticut Requires Quicker Readmission of Students Who Drop Out, S.B. 2053
Tags: Connecticut | School-to-Prison Pipeline | Legislation
A school must readmit within three days a student who dropped out if the student seeks readmission within 10 days of dropping out. Previously, schools were not required to readmit a student for up to 90 days. The same law also raises the age at which a child may drop out of school with parental/guardian consent from 16 to 17, effective July 1, 2011.
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Sixteen-Year-Olds in Connecticut Returned to Juvenile Justice System, H.B. 7007
Tags: Connecticut | Youth in the Adult System | Legislation
Starting January 1, 2010, 16-year-olds became a part of Connecticut's juvenile justice system. Legislation passed in 2007 called for 16- and 17-year-olds to be moved into the juvenile system (except youth who had committed specific serious and violent offenses), but the state's budget crisis and other efforts to repeal the law on philosophical or administrative grounds threatened to delay implementation for all youth. Further legislation passed in 2009 moved 16-year-olds into the juvenile justice system as of 2010 and specifies how the change will be implemented. Seventeen-year-olds are scheduled to become part of the juvenile system as of July 1, 2012.
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Connecticut Budget Includes Increased Funding for Status Offender Programs, H.B. 6802
Tags: Connecticut | Status Offenses | Legislation
In 2009, despite a budget crisis, the legislature acted in favor of the cost-effective investment in prevention and included funding in its state budget for six additional Family Support Centers for high-need status offenders and their families.
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Connecticut Schools Must Allow Students Leaving Facilities to Return to School, H.B. 6567
Tags: Connecticut | Aftercare/Reentry | School-to-Prison Pipeline | Legislation
Law states that if a student who committed an expellable offense seeks to return to school after having been in a juvenile facility or residential placement for one year or more, the district to which the student is returning must allow him or her to return, and may not expel the student for additional time for the original offense. The law prohibits schools from holding an expulsion in abeyance and then enforcing the expulsion when a student attempts to return after a year-long residential placement.
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Connecticut Schools Must Collect and Report Truancy Data, S.S.B. 940
Tags: Connecticut | School-to-Prison Pipeline | Legislation
School districts must add truancy data to the list of items reported to the State Department of Education. Such data is defined as attendance information and unexcused absences, and will be public record.
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State of Connecticut v. David A. Fernandes, Jr., Connecticut Appellate Court
Tags: Connecticut | Youth in the Adult System | Court Decisions and Related Documents
Connecticut Appellate Court opinion ruling that discretionary transfer of 14- and 15-year-olds to adult court is unconstitutional.
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Connecticut Court Finds Discretionary Transfer of 14- and 15-Year-Olds to Adult Court Unconstitutional, State v. Fernandes, 300 Conn. 104 (2010)
Tags: Connecticut | Youth in the Adult System | Court Decisions and Related Documents
On June 16, 2009, the Connecticut Appellate Court ruled in State of Connecticut v. David A. Fernandes, Jr., 115 Conn. App. 180 (2009), that the state's discretionary transfer law, which allows prosecutors to send 14- and 15-year-olds charged with C, D, and unclassified felonies to adult court, is unconstitutional. The court held that because of the liberty interest at stake, a youth facing transfer on such charges is entitled to due process. Such due process includes a hearing during which the juvenile court judge considers argument from counsel and may exercise his or her discretion to determine whether to order the transfer. The Connecticut Supreme Court later heard the case on appeal and limited the scope of the ruling; the court agreed that a hearing must be held, but determined that the legislative history of the transfer statute required such hearings to be held in adult court, rather than juvenile court.
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Turning It Around: Successes and Opportunities in Juvenile Justice, National Juvenile Justice Network and Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance
Tags: Connecticut | General System Reform | Reports
Summary of changes to Connecticut's juvenile justice system and how to build on success.
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A Second Reassessment of DMC in Connecticut’s Juvenile Justice System, May 15, 2009
Tags: Connecticut | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | Reports
In May 2009, Connecticut's Juvenile Justice Advisory Committee completed its third in-depth research study of disproportionate minority contact at nearly all decision points across the system. The report includes several recommendations for policy and practice changes, such as improved, more frequent data collection and reporting, and making a judge's order a requirement for every detention admission.
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Teen Prisoner's Mom: Raise the Age, Melinda Tuhus, New Haven Independent
Tags: Connecticut | Youth in the Adult System | Reports
Article about rally in Hartford, Connecticut organized by the Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance to press for implementation of the Raise the Age law. The law ends automatic transfer of 16- and 17-year-olds to the adult system. It was passed in 2007, but now faces delay due to the state's budget deficit.
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Making Court the Last Resort: A New Focus for Supporting Families in Crisis, Sara Mogulescu and Gaspar Caro, Vera Institute of Justice
Tags: Connecticut | Florida | New York | Status Offenses | Reports
Highlights a new paradigm for status offender services in which at-risk youth and their families are referred to social service programs in their communities, and the juvenile justice system is used only as a last resort. The report offers case studies of successful reforms in Florida, New York, and Connecticut.
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Dignity Denied: The Effect of "Zero Tolerance" Policies on Students' Human Rights, A Case Study of New Haven, Connecticut, Public Schools, American Civil Liberties Union
Tags: Connecticut | School-to-Prison Pipeline | Reports
Report analyzing the impact on students' human rights of involving the criminal justice system in school discipline policies in the New Haven Unified School District. It finds that subjecting students to the criminal justice system as a means of school discipline deprives them of the human right to education, the right to be free from discrimination, the right to proportionality in punishment, and the right to freedom of expression.
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Raise the Age CT: A Success Story, Web site profile of Connecticut's Raise the Age Campaign
Tags: Connecticut | Youth in the Adult System | Reports
Web site chronicling successful efforts in Connecticut to raise the age of juvenile jurisdiction to 17.
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From Trauma to Tragedy: Connecticut Girls in Adult Prison, Connecticut Office of the Child Advocate
Tags: Connecticut | Girls | Youth in the Adult System | Reports
Accounts how Connecticut has failed to meet the needs of girls in the adult system.
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Model School Discipline Policies and Programs, Part 2, Jim Freeman, Advancement Project
Tags: Connecticut | Georgia | Illinois | Maryland | School-to-Prison Pipeline | Administrative/Regulatory Policies | Legislation
Compilation of model discipline policies and programs from Chicago Public Schools; Clayton County, Georgia; and Baltimore School Police, as well as model legislation on suspensions from Connecticut. Compilation also includes examples of prevention, intervention and diversion programs.
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Connecticut Strengthens Protections for Youth in Families with Service Needs Cases, Connecticut, H.B. 5926/Public Act 08-86
Tags: Connecticut | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Confidentiality | Risk Assessment and Screening | Legislation
Improves the due process rights of children in families with service needs cases and clarifies issues of confidentiality of mental health screenings and assessments.
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The Connecticut Juvenile Justice Strategic Plan: Moving from Plan to Action, Department of Children and Families and Judicial Branch Court Support Services Division
Tags: Connecticut | General System Reform | Reports
Plan of action for Connecticut juvenile justice reform, focused on Results Based Accountability.
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Connecticut Provides New Services for Families with Service Needs, Connecticut, H.B. 5576
Tags: Connecticut | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Legislation
Creates and funds Family Support Centers in four communities for families with needs.
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Connecticut Raises Age of Juvenile Jurisdiction, Connecticut, S.B. 1500/Public Act 07-4
Tags: Connecticut | Youth in the Adult System | Legislation
Raises the age of juvenile court jurisdiction from 16 to 18.
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Connecticut Juvenile Jurisdiction Planning and Implementation Committee Final Report
Tags: Connecticut | Youth in the Adult System | Reports
Report intended to help to bring Connecticut justice policy in line with national best practice by incorporating all youth under 18 years of age under the jurisdiction of the Superior Court for Juvenile Matters ("juvenile court").
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The Connecticut Juvenile Justice Strategic Plan: Building Toward a Better Future, Department of Children and Families and Judicial Branch Court Support Services Division
Tags: Connecticut | General System Reform | Reports
Strategic plan developed by multiple public and private stakeholders including goals and action strategies around resource development; coordination, collaboration and information sharing; data analysis; and workforce development and training.
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Connecticut Increases Protections for Status Offenders, Connecticut, H.B. 6978
Tags: Connecticut | Detention | Status Offenses | Legislation
Changes Connecticut's Families With Service Needs Act so that youth who commit status offenses and who violate their court orders can no longer be adjudicated as a delinquent or held in a detention center.
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Connecticut Increases Protections for Low-Level Teen Offenders in Criminal Court, Connecticut, H.B. 5215
Tags: Connecticut | Youth in the Adult System | Legislation
Gives a presumptive Youth Offender status for 16- and 17-year-olds who commit lower-level offenses.
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Report on the Reform Initiative at the Connecticut Juvenile Training School, The Justice Education Center
Tags: Connecticut | Institutional Conditions | Reports
Report providing an historical context of the Connecticut Juvenile Training School reform initiative, describing the facility and clientele prior to and after the reform, and documenting and analyzing the activities of the first five months of the reform: the issues that were addressed; the planning of the reform initiative; and the changes that have been made thus far. The report also identifies internal and external factors that influenced change-those that presented obstacles to reform and those that enabled reform-and explores the challenges that lie ahead
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Disproportionate Minority Contact Connecticut's Juvenile Justice System, Fernando J. Muniz, Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance
Tags: Connecticut | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | Reports
Presentation discussing the extent of overrepresentation, levels of disproportionality, and means to address disproportionate minority contact in Connecticut.
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Plan for a Continuum of Community Based Services for Adolescent Females Involved in the Juvenile Court System, Connecticut Department of Children and Families
Tags: Connecticut | Girls | Reports
Report responding to a legislative mandate (Special Act 04-5) requiring the Department of Children and Families to produce a plan for a continuum of community-based services designed to prevent incarceration of female status offenders and delinquent girls. Based on evolving research and programs introduced in other states, the report describes the need for gender-specific services to avoid incarceration of these girls through better support systems and a continuum of care. The report is the product of a collaborative effort of state agencies, the judicial branch, advocates and providers.
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An Assessment of Minority Overrepresentation in Connecticut's Juvenile Justice System, Eliot C. Hartstone and Dorinda M. Richetelli, Spectrum Associates
Tags: Connecticut | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | Research
Study detailing the nature and extent of minority overrepresentation in Connecticut's juvenile justice system.