Article: "Treating Kids Like Kids: “Raise the Age” Laws Align Juvenile Justice with Neuroscience and Common Sense” by Logan Seacrest, RStreet.org.  

Resources: End Kindergarten Courts – Raising the Minimum Age Infographic

Resources: End Kindergarten Courts – Raising the Minimum Age Infographic (Text Only)

Resources: Age Boundaries in Juvenile Justice Systems. National Governor’s Association. NGA.org. 

Resources: The Kids Are Not Alright: How Private Equity Profits Off of Behavioral Health Services for Vulnerable and At-Risk Youth. Private Equity Stakeholder Project, February 2022.  

Resources: Shut Down Sequel: Progress Report 

Resources: National Petition 

Resources: NJJN Policy Platform on Confining Youth for Profit 

Resources: NJJN Policy Recommendations: Protecting Youth in For Profit Facilities

Workshop Replay: Follow the Money: Private Equity in Youth-serving Systems, hosted by NJJN with guest speakers Join Eileen O'Grady from the Private Equity Stakeholder Project and Cory Bernstein with Disability Rights New Jersey.  

Summit: The Juvenile Justice Initiative will host a virtual summit on The STate of Pre-Trial Juvenile Detention in IL on Friday, March 3rd, 10 am – 12 pm CST. Learn about the latest research on the harm to children from time in detention, the conditions of confinement for children in the detention centers in Illinois, and proposed reforms to end detention of young children. Free. Registration required. 

Website:  The Bail Project presents “After Cash Bail: Reimagining Pretrial Justice.” Most Americans recognize that our current pretrial system must change. This document outlines a roadmap to a more just, equitable, and humane pretrial system. See more. 

Report: Movement for Black Lives, Law for Black Lives, Black Alliance for Just Immigration, and UndocuBlack Network present “Criminalizing Blackness An analysis of the impacts of the 1994 Crime Bill and 1996 Immigration Bill on Black people and Policy Recommendations to Address the Harms Caused.” Read more.  

Toolkit: Dignity In Schools presents, “Toolkit on Organizing to Combat the School-to-Prison Pipeline.” Read more. 

Job: Legal Aid Justice Center seeks an attorney for its Youth Justice Program in our Charlottesville office. This position will maintain a practice that primarily involves youth decriminalization and school discipline issues (i.e., expungement; serious offender review hearing; fines and fees; restitution; DOJ climate review; surveillance; policing; excessive force; and, school discipline) but could also evolve to include holistic and interdisciplinary matters that address: education access; mental health; disability law; housing instability; immigration; and, family preservation. Read more. 

Job: ACLU is hiring for a campaign strategist focused on policing who will design, build, and execute campaigns to reduce dependence on policing and promote alternative approaches that will better achieve safe, thriving neighborhoods.