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Juvenile justice
Juvenile justice news and analysis from The Nation
March 14, 2019
The tough-on-crime spin is undercutting the hard work of activists and criminal justice experts in the city.
November 16, 2018
Then the men, who’d been sentenced to life as juveniles, were freed.
January 22, 2018
It's nearly impossible for undocumented minors in Florida who have been “abused, abandoned, or neglected” to apply for the green cards that they are legally entitled to.
December 22, 2017
SCOTUS has required the reconsideration of hundreds of sentences that put kids in prison for life.
August 31, 2017
Young people are too often viewed as social liabilities rather than individuals with a future.
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June 21, 2017
When SCOTUS outlawed mandatory juvenile life without parole, advocates celebrated—but the outcome has been anything but fair.
May 17, 2017
The plans for shuttering the infamous Rikers Island complex could be a boon for communities across the city.
April 17, 2017
Abusive treatment, coerced confessions, and deprivation of counsel and parental contact—at any one time, hundreds of kids are in lockup in violation of basic human rights.
October 25, 2016
It is hard to avoid the conclusion that the box has simply been moved further down the line.
August 31, 2016
She was known nationally for failing to convict Trayvon Martin’s killer, and for prosecuting Marissa Alexander.
