Found 12 matches.
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Illinois Juvenile Justice Initiative Testimony on Closure of Kewanee Youth Correctional Facility_Mar25-2016
Tags: Illinois | Deinstitutionalization | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | Fiscal Issues and Funding | Testimony | Member Publications
NJJN's Illinois member, the Juvenile Justice Initiative, submitted written testimony supporting the closure of the Kewanee youth correctional facility.
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Expert Report/Declaration of Peter Wagner, J.D.
Tags: Michigan | Sex Offender Registries | Testimony
An expert report filed in a Michigan case regarding "school safety zones," which limit the activities of those on sex offender registries. The analysis concludes that there is no reasonable way for a person who seeks to comply with the law to be able to identify and avoid the protected areas.
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Letter on the Incarceration of Youth in US Adult Prisons, Human Rights Watch
Tags: Youth in the Adult System | Testimony
Human Rights expert letter to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (Org. of American States) on the incarceration of youth under18 in adult prisons in the United States.
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CJJ Testimony on the School-to-Prison Pipeline, December 12, 2012
Tags: Federal | School-to-Prison Pipeline | Testimony
Testimony from the Coalition for Juvenile Justice, Executive Director Nancy Gannon Hornberger; presented to Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights on “Ending the School to Prison Pipeline” Wednesday, December 12, 2012.
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Ending the School-to-Prison Pipeline Hearing Statement by Laurel G. Bellows, on behalf of the American Bar Association
Tags: School-to-Prison Pipeline | Testimony
Ending the School-to-Prison Pipeline Hearing Statement by Laurel G. Bellows, on behalf of the American Bar Association; submitted for the record to the Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights of the U.S. Senate.
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House of Representatives Letter to Attorney General Holder: Remove Youth from Adult Prisons (PREA)
Tags: Federal | Institutional Conditions | Testimony
More than 30 representatives urged the Attorney General to include in the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA), a final rule that will prohibit placement of youth in adult facilities.
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Testimony of Texas Criminal Justice Coalition on H.B. 961, Restricting Access to Youth Records
Tags: Texas | Collateral Consequences | Confidentiality | Testimony
A Texas law makes all records or files related to a youth convicted of a fine-only misdemeanor (other than a traffic offense) confidential. Prior to the legislation, any youth convicted of a fine-only misdemeanor had to wait two years before his or her record was sealed; within the two-year window, a background check by a public entity would reveal the conviction.
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Testimony on Hawaii Legislation to Limit Transfer of Youth to Adult Correctional Facilities (H.B. 1067), March 17, 2011
Tags: Hawaii | Youth in the Adult System | Testimony
The Hawaii State Legislature repealed a law that authorized the Executive Director of the Office of Youth Services, with the approval of the family court, to transfer a committed youth from the Hawaii Youth Correctional Facility to an adult correctional facility for disciplinary or other reasons. The legislation stemmed from the inability of adult facilities in Hawaii to maintain sight-and-sound separation between youth and adults, as required by the federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act. Testimony in support of the law from several state agencies and non-profit organizations additionally discussed the danger presented to youth placed in adult facilities, and the inadequacy of programming for youth in adult facilities.
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Testimony of Melissa Coretz Goemann on Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security
Tags: Federal | Sex Offender Registries | Testimony
Testimony urging that the House of Representatives reconsider the bill making juvenile sex offender registration and notification mandatory.
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Video of Hearing on Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA): Barriers to Timely Compliance by States, U.S. House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security
Tags: Federal | Sex Offender Registries | Testimony
Hearing including the following witnesses: Laura Rogers, previous Director of the Department of Justice SMART Office; Emma J. Devillier, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, Office of the Attorney General of Louisiana, Chief Sexual Predator Unit; Madeline Carter, Principal, Center for Sex Offender Management, Center for Effective Public Policy; Ernie Allen, President and CEO, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children; Mark Lunsford, father of Jessica Lunsford; Detective Robert Shilling, Seattle Police Department, Kidnapping Offender Detail, Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Unit; Amy Borror, Public Information Officer, Office of the Ohio Public Defender.
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Testimony to Governor's Commission on Reducing Racial Disparities, Wendy Henderson, Wisconsin Council on Children and Families
Tags: Wisconsin | Youth in the Adult System | Testimony
Testimony discussing racial and ethnic disparities in the context of trying youth as adults. Henderson recommends that the legislature return 17-year-olds to the juvenile justice system and require data collection by race and age at all points in the justice system.
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Testimony in Support of Raising Age of Juvenile Court Jurisdiction to 18, Presented to the Wisconsin Legislature by Elizabeth Clarke, Illinois Juvenile Justice Initiative
Tags: Illinois | Wisconsin | Youth in the Adult System | Testimony
Testimony supporting Wisconsin's efforts to raise the age of juvenile jurisdiction, highlighting research, U.S. Supreme Court findings in Roper v. Simmons, national and international consensus, and the national movement to raise the age in states where the age of juvenile jurisdiction is still below 18.