Juvenile Justice
Publications
WASHINGTON (June 30, 2020) —Government and correctional leaders have rightly responded to COVID-19 by reducing incarcerated youth populations to limit the spread of the virus, while also adapting…
Chairman and members of the committee:
As an institution deeply committed to limited, effective government, we at the R Street Institute strongly support legislation that seeks to keep juvenile…
Thousands have packed the streets in protest, as the nation collectively responds to George Floyd’s death. The protestors include many children—images of innocence that are particularly hard to…
Schools in China have recently reported using facial recognition to monitor how attentive students are in the classroom. Cameras are installed above the blackboard and, by identifying facial…
As countries across the world try to stop the spread of COVID-19, world leaders are closing borders, enacting curfews, issuing shelter-in-place protocols, quarantines and store closures.
While…
Last year, Sonny Rugani—a child—hanged himself in the Broward County Jail, an adult facility. Unfortunately, his case is not an aberration for children transferred to the adult criminal justice…
At the beginning of the year, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly announced a plan to consolidate state agencies focusing on child welfare, mental health and juvenile justice into one large umbrella agency in…
…even the most well-intentioned police officers may cause more harm than good by unnecessarily introducing youth to the justice system, interacting with youth in a manner that leads to a negative…
WASHINGTON (March 9, 2020) – Two weeks ago, a video went viral of an Orlando police officer arresting a six-year-old at her school, with the little girl crying for a second chance. The incident has…