The minimum age for juveniles to be arrested is being debated in ... - NPR
2022年5月2日 · State analysts say about 500 kids between the ages of 10 and 12 enter Colorado's criminal justice system every year. A bill is being considered to set up a task force …
Children in Prison - Juvenile Law Center
Juvenile Law Center engages in federal and state legislative reform, impact litigation, research, and public education to improve conditions for youth in prison. We also work to eliminate …
Children in Adult Prison - Equal Justice Initiative
Kids as young as eight can still be charged as an adult, held in an adult jail, and sentenced to extreme sentences in an adult prison. EJI is working to protect children from abusive treatment …
They’re Only Kids: The Dangers of Detention and Alternatives to ...
2021年11月11日 · Despite these differences, many children are detained in juvenile detention facilities, where they sleep in cells, similar to prisons where adults are held. [2] . These …
Why Children Go to Jail and How Parents Can Help
2019年3月12日 · Can a child go to jail? Yes. Children do go to jail for breaking the law. Minors who commit serious crimes like murder can be tried as adults and if convicted could serve …
The Health Divide: Should juveniles ever be sent to an adult prison?
2024年4月1日 · “Kids should not be sent to adult prison because the harsh environment prevents them from rebounding back from their past mistakes,” he wrote in “Just Mercy.” Ken will be …
The foster care-to-prison pipeline: A road to incarceration
2023年2月24日 · The foster care-to-prison pipeline refers to the funneling of children in foster care into juvenile detention or adult incarceration. By age 17, over 50% of foster children will have …
Cruel and Unusual - Equal Justice Initiative
After the U.S. Supreme Court banned the death penalty for children in 2005, EJI began investigating how many children had been sentenced to die in prison through life imprisonment …
Why Youth Incarceration Fails: An Updated Review of the Evidence
2023年3月1日 · The most recent national survey of youth incarcerated in juvenile facilities, authorized under the federal Prison Rape Elimination Act, questioned 6,000 incarcerated …
They Went to Prison as Kids. Now They’re on Death Row.
2022年2月1日 · Four years before the murders, the state had a chance to help him, when he was arrested for robbery and sentenced to a juvenile prison, which aimed, on paper, to provide the …