Equity Issues

Executive Summary: A Call to Action: Advancing Tennessee’s Juvenile Justice System to Strengthen Families, Communities...

What would it look like if Tennessee’s juvenile justice system prioritized strengthening families, connecting youth...

Categories: Developmental disabilities, Equity Issues, Health, Juvenile Justice, Juvenile Justice Reform, Racial Justice/DMC

A Call to Action: Advancing Tennessee’s Juvenile Justice System to Strengthen Families, Communities, and Oversight

What would it look like if Tennessee’s juvenile justice system prioritized strengthening families, connecting youth...

Categories: Developmental disabilities, Equity Issues, Health, Juvenile Justice, Juvenile Justice Reform, Racial Justice/DMC

Trainings and Workshops from Youth Law Center’s Transition-Aged Youth (TAY) Civil Legal Practice Exchange (Fall 2020 &...

Youth Law Center’s TAY Practice Exchange is a free practice support network for civil legal...

Categories: AB 12, AB 12, Access to care, Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Education, Equity Issues, Foster care, Foster Care Benefits, Girls, Health, Independent Living/Transition, Juvenile Justice, LGBTQ, Medicaid/Medi-Cal, Mental Health, Mental health needs, Public Benefits/Funding, Specific services/programs, SSI/Social Security

Prison for Teen Who Lit “Agender” Youth’s Skirt on Fire Thwarts Healing

Blog, by Youth Law Center Staff Attorney Sue Burrell, for the Huffington Post, on the...

Categories: Adolescence, Disposition/placement, LGBTQ, Trying juveniles as adults

Op-Ed: Incarcerating Disturbed Youth Is a Flawed Response

YLC staff attorney Sue Burrell, wrote an op ed piece for the CT Mirror, Incarcerating...

Categories: Alternatives to incarceration/JDAI, Detention, LGBTQ

Youth of Color and MHSA Prevention and Early Intervention

Article about why it is critical that the Prevention and Early Intervention (PEI) Guidelines be...

Categories: Mental health needs, Mental Health Services Act, Racial Justice/DMC

Hidden Injustice: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth in Juvenile Courts

Hidden Injustice: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth in Juvenile Courts is the first comprehensive...

Categories: LGBTQ

S.H. v. Reed Stipulation, Injunction and Order re Use of Force

S.H. v. Reed is a federal civil rights class action on behalf of all juveniles...

Categories: Girls, Legal/policy issues, Parole, Training school

S.H. v. Reed Temporary Restraining Order

S.H. v. Reed is a federal civil rights class action on behalf of all juveniles...

Categories: Girls, Legal/policy issues, Parole, Training school

S.H. v. Reed Stipulation for Injunctive Relief

S.H. v. Reed is a federal civil rights class action on behalf of all juveniles...

Categories: Girls, Legal/policy issues, Parole, Training school

S.H. v. Reed Second Amended Complaint

S.H. v. Reed is a federal civil rights class action on behalf of all juveniles...

Categories: Girls, Legal/policy issues, Parole, Training school

Drugs and Disparity: The Racial Impact of Illinois’ Practice of Transferring Young Drug Offenders to Adult Court

This study analyzed data from state criminal justice agencies in Illinois and national corrections databases....

Categories: Racial Justice/DMC

Chapter 7 Strategies for Serving Hispanic Youth

Maria Ramiu, YLC Managing Director, and Dana Shoenberg, CCLP Staff Attorney co-authored Chapter 7, Strategies...

Categories: Racial Justice/DMC

Color of Justice: An Analysis of Juvenile Adult Court Transfers in California

This study shows that African American, Latino, and Asian American youth in California are significantly...

Categories: Racial Justice/DMC

And Justice for Some: Differential Treatment of Minority Youth in the Juvenile Justice System

This report shows that youth of color are over represented at each point in the...

Categories: Racial Justice/DMC

OFF BALANCE: Youth, Race & Crime in the News

The authors in this study examined more than 70 content analyses of newspaper and television...

Categories: Racial Justice/DMC

Tale of Two Jurisdictions: Youth Crime and Detention Rates in Maryland and the District of Columbia

The report looks at youth crime and detention rates during the 1990's in the District...

Categories: Racial Justice/DMC

Public Opinion on Youth, Crime and Race: A Guide for Advocates

This resource for youth advocates summarizes the public opinion research on youth and juvenile justice...

Categories: Racial Justice/DMC

¿Dónde Está La Justicia? A Call to Action on Behalf of Latino and Latina Youth in the U.S. Justice System

This report is the most comprehensive report ever released about Latino and Latina youth in...

Categories: Racial Justice/DMC

Unintended Consequences: The Impact of ‘Zero Tolerance’ and Other Exclusionary Policies on Kentucky Students

This report found that Kentucky's African-American youth are suspended from many schools at rates far...

Categories: Discipline/truancy, Racial Justice/DMC

Northern Lights: Success in Student Achievement and School Discipline at Northern Elementary School

As a follow up to the February, 2003, Building Blocks study that illustrated the disproportionate...

Categories: Discipline/truancy, Racial Justice/DMC

Punitive Juvenile Justice Policies and the Impact on Minority Youth

A review and analysis of recent 'get tough' legislation and its effect on youth of...

Categories: Racial Justice/DMC