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The inspiring story of activist and poet Ian Manuel, who at the age of fourteen was sentenced to life in prison. He survived eighteen years in solitary…
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For some time, there has been a call to overhaul New York state’s juvenile justice system. The movement to "raise the age" may be getting a boost from a…
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Governor Andrew Cuomo and juvenile justice reformers say New York should stop automatically prosecuting 16- and 17-year-old offenders as adults.Supporters…
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A former New York State judge will be the keynote speaker Friday during an Ulster County forum on how to keeps kids in school and out of the court…
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Each year in New York, more than 45,000 16-and 17-year-olds are arrested and face the possibility of prosecution as adults in criminal court. If…
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One in three American children will be arrested by the time they are twenty-three, and many will spend time locked inside horrific detention centers that…
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One in three American young people will be arrested before the age of 23, and many will spend time in institutions that used to be called "reform schools"…