Posts tagged The Marshall Project
Punishing Kids With Years of Debt

“Across the nation, children and teens who commit crimes are routinely ordered to pay their victims restitution for damaged property, lost wages and medical bills, leaving many saddled with a financial burden that can follow them long into adulthood. Just a half-dozen states cap these payments, which often reach into the tens of thousands of dollars, according to a Marshall Project review of five years of cases in 10 states that collect data on juvenile restitution.“

The Marshall Project

June 11, 2019

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OvercriminalizationPhillip ReevesThe Marshall ProjectComment
The Criminal Justice Reform Bill You’ve Never Heard Of

“The underlying purpose of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act is to use the promise of federal money to ensure four ‘core protections’ for children in states’ youth justice systems. These include not locking kids up for age-based ‘status offenses’ such as truancy, running away and curfew violations; removing them from adult jails, with few exceptions; always keeping them separate from adult inmates; and making states research and address racial disparities.“

The Marshall Project

December 13, 2018

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Juvenile IncarcerationPhillip ReevesThe Marshall Project, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention ActComment
The Criminal Justice Reform Bill You’ve Never Heard Of

“The underlying purpose of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act is to use the promise of federal money to ensure four “core protections” for children in states’ youth justice systems. These include not locking kids up for age-based “status offenses” such as truancy, running away and curfew violations; removing them from adult jails, with few exceptions; always keeping them separate from adult inmates; and making states research and address racial disparities.“

The Marshall Project

December 13, 2018

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Juvenile IncarcerationPhillip ReevesThe Marshall ProjectComment
This Agency Tried to Fix the Race Gap in Juvenile Justice. Then Came Trump

“A little-known Justice Department agency is supposed to tackle this problem: the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, which has been mandated by Congress since 1988 to try to shrink the racial gap by providing grants and training to local juvenile courts and law enforcement agencies. In return, states receiving federal dollars must gather data on inequality, explore why it’s happening and pursue solutions.“

The Marshall Project

September 19, 2018

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Juvenile IncarcerationPhillip ReevesThe Marshall Project, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency PreventionComment
The Right Age to Die?

"Earlier this year, a federal judge in Connecticut said yes. The judge decided that a 2012 Supreme Court ruling that forbade mandatory sentences of life without parole for juveniles should apply to 18-year-olds like Cruz, and granted his request to be resentenced. It’s one of a small but growing number of cases in which courts are grappling with what to do with young adults who commit the most serious crimes."

The Marshall Project

August 12, 2018

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Juvenile Incarceration, Life SentencesAnthony BradleyThe Marshall Project
A View of Tomorrow

"Research shows that virtual reality can be a useful therapeutic tool, helping people overcome post-traumatic stress, anxiety and phobias. In some cases, virtual reality programming has even been shown to promote empathy. Proponents of VR in prison hope that it can help prepare juvenile lifers for life after decades behind bars. Critics caution that VR is a crutch, and can’t replace intensive programs that address inmates’ social-emotional development."

The Marshall Project

July 17,  2018

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Prison ProgramsAnthony BradleyThe Marshall Project, Virtual Reality