A Juvenile's Right to an Attorney
More than a decade ago, Utah resident Tanner Atwood-Bowen was a teenager the night he and two friend...
Criminal Records Can Follow a Youth Into Adulthood
Many young people worry that their criminal past will follow them throughout their lives. As soon as...
Special Needs Youth and The Juvenile Justice System
When Toney Jennings was arrested in 2010, he was a 16-year-old being raised by his grandmother in Ca...
Student Drug Testing: Helpful or Harmful?
Providing students with a safe and healthy learning environment is the goal of school administrators...
Pepper Spray Still Allowed in Some Juvenile Facilities
Twenty-five-year-old Lonnie Wright grew up in East Oakland, an area well known for its high levels o...
Alcohol Abuse Among Teens
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), alcohol is still the most commonl...
Young, Pregnant, and Incarcerated
Involvement in the juvenile justice system is often a confusing and upsetting experience for teenage...
Youth Suicide in Detention Centers
On January 1st of 2019, a teenage girl at a detention center in Oklahoma went in to the facility’s b...
Opioid Epidemic Impact on Child Welfare
Lafayette, Indiana resident Jodie Hicks had watched her son Justin abuse heroin for years. The house...
When Incarcerated Youth Lose Medicaid
Imagine that you get a call from your child’s school one afternoon. The principal tells you that you...
