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Youth Justice Reform Roundup February 2018
News Articles February 7, 2018
Legislative Advances New Jersey set to close two of the state's youth prisons thanks to the advocacy of NJJN member New Jersey Institute for Social Justice. Learn more. Former New Jersey Governo...
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January 2018 Newsletter
Newsletter January 30, 2018
View the January 2018 newsletter here.
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NJJN Helps Maryland Advocates Pursue Youth Justice Reform
News Articles January 30, 2018
NJJN is deeply invested in supporting our members who work every day to advance legislation that transforms our justice systems. For example, in the past month NJJN has been strategizing with Advoca...
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Children's Policy and Law Intiative Launches Positive School Discipline Institute
News Articles January 30, 2018
The Children’s Policy and Law Initiative of Indiana (CPLI) is a longstanding state advocacy member of NJJN. They have successfully pushed for policy reforms to the school to prison pipeline on...
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New Jersey Closes Two Youth Prisons, Looks Towards Future
News Articles January 30, 2018
Photo credit: Daniel Hedden -- taken at NJISJ’s rally on June 28, 2017 outside Jamesburg. On June 28, 2017, Jamesburg’s 150th anniversary, the New Jersey Institute for Social Justic...
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Federal Juvenile Justice Update - January 2018
News Articles January 30, 2018
Juvenile Justice Delinquency and Prevention Act (JJDPA) The JJDPA is more than ten years past due to be reauthorized. This essential bill provides federal guidance and standards to ensure a minim...
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YJLI Fellow Cheyenne Blackburn Advocates for Data Accountability
News Articles January 30, 2018
Cheyenne Blackburn is a 2017-18 fellow in NJJN's Youth Justice Leadership Institute (YJLI), a year-long program that aims to create a more effective youth justice reform movement by supporting well-...
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Joint Statement on Suspension of AFFH rule
News Articles January 5, 2018
For Immediate Release January 5, 2018 Civil Rights, Housing, and Community Development Organizations Call on HUD to Maintain a Critical Fair Housing Tool and Not to Roll Back the Promise of the Fa...
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Youth Justice Reform Roundup December 2017
News Articles December 13, 2017
Legislative AdvancesThanks to the advocacy of NJJN member the Youth Justice Coalition, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to divert thousands of the county’s youth away from the...
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NJJN Fellow Erin Keith Energized to Empower Girls of Color
News Articles December 5, 2017
Detroit native Erin Keith is a 2017-18 fellow in NJJN's Youth Justice Leadership Institute (YJLI), a year-long program that aims to create a more effective foundation for the juvenile justice reform...
