Juvenile Justice in Illinois Gets a Failing Grade
Illinois’ juvenile justice system is failing. Failing to rehabilitate offenders. Failing to help them return to life in their communities. Failing to provide a clearly spelled out release procedure....
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Seal of Missouri. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Robert Winters, of Kaplan University‘s School of Criminal Justice, has a great piece of work posted on Corrections.com in which he gives voice to the idea...
View ArticleNearly 10% of Incarcerated Youth Were Sexually Victimized in 2012
Brecksville Police Department, Brecksville, Ohio (Photo credit: Wikipedia) An estimated 9.5% of youngsters in state juvenile facilities and state-contract institutions (1,720 kids and teens nationwide)...
View ArticleIllinois Badly Needs Further Juvenile Justice Reform
Seal of Illinois. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Illinois has some of the harshest youth-sentencing laws in the United States, under which a child as young as 13 can be automatically sentenced to life in...
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