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...
MST’s Positive Impact in Chile
In the early 2000s, the Chilean government was desperately struggling to cope with rising juvenile c...
Homeless Youth Often Face Arrest
Twenty-year-old Amber Graves was just five when her parents abandoned her and her one-year-old broth...
Kinship Care May Reduce the Negatives of Foster Care
Foster care is a sad reality for 437,465 children. As of 2016, nearly half a million kids are living...
Youth Crime Rates Drop, But Progress is Still Needed
Over the last twenty years, the United States has seen a steady drop in crime rates, including in ju...
