Juvenile detention

Thousands of kids were freed from juvenile detention during the pandemic. By late summer, fewer children were incarcerated than at any point since at least the 1980s. But the data shows that the children who were released were more likely to be White—to the point that many youth facilities are increasingly holding almost entirely Black and Latino teens, according to interviews with more than a dozen juvenile justice officials and attorneys in seven states.

Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest Through the years, we have been blessed to work with so many amazing teachers, counselors, social workers, therapists, and other helping professionals who dedicate themselves to helping children and families thrive in an ever more challenging world. One of those is Kathy Flaminio, who we first met 10 years ago when […]

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This year has been one of the most transformative years in history for New York’s juvenile justice system. Just a month after one of New York’s most groundbreaking juvenile justice reforms, Raise the Age, became a reality, New York City took a wrecking ball to the decades-old Spofford Juvenile Detention Centers in the Bronx.

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