Virginia — Juvenile Incarceration — Galsworthy Criminal Justice Reform Program

A glimpse of a better life: An apartment and a head start for young men just out of juvenile prison

“Wimbish and his 24-hour-a-day staff run the Tidewater Youth Services Commission's apartment living program, which teaches young men just out of Bon Air — or a state commitment to a local detention center — how to live on their own. They learn to cook, keep a home clean, budget and get along with others. (They don't know their roommates, who are fellow program participants, beforehand.) The apartments are contracted and paid for by the Department of Juvenile Justice. The programs serves eight people at any one time for periods of six months to a year each.“

The Virginian-Pilot

August 18, 2019

13-Year-Olds Who Trick or Treat in Chesapeake, Virginia, Face Fines, Possible Jail Time

“These rules are turning a holiday that used to celebrate childhood independence—out they went, on their own, to get to know their neighbors, to get brave by facing the dark, to get goodies by being bold and ringing doorbells—into an orgy of adult supervision, regulation, and anxiety. The time frame gets shorter as the rules grow, all seemingly based on the idea that anyone above age 12 is a potential hooligan, anyone under age 12 is a potential victim, and any semblance of fun must be thrown out faster than a Kit Kat bar with a slightly torn wrapper.“

Reason Magazine

October 8, 2018

Juvenile Incarceration

Galsworthy CJR Program

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