Juvenile Justice News

• Justice: Prisons to step up anti-rape efforts May 17, 2012
  The Obama administration ordered federal, state and local officials Thursday to adopt zero tolerance for prison rape as it issued mandatory screening, enforcement and prevention regulations designed to reduce the number of inmates who suffer sexual victimization at the hands of other prisoners and prison staff. […]
• U.S. implements new rules to prevent prison rape May 17, 2012
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. prisons and other facilities where residents are forcibly confined must put in place standards to prevent thousands of incidents of sexual abuse every year, the White House and Department of Justice said on Thursday. Advocates of a 2003 law to eliminate prison rape see sexual assault in U.S. prisons as rampant and grossly overlook […]
• New Analysis Shows Reentry Programs Can Decrease Recidivism May 17, 2012
  WASHINGTON, May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The United States Department of Justice's National Institute of Justice (NIJ) has released new results from data collected from a multi-site evaluation of the Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Initiative (SVORI). SVORI is a federal initiative that funds a number of locally-designed juvenile and adul […]
• 10-year-old boy in Gurgaon sentenced for child's rape May 16, 2012
  Gurgaon, May 16 (IANS) A Juvenile Justice Board here sentenced a 10-year-old boy for sexually abusing a four-year-old girl last year, a lawyer said Wednesday. […]
• Report Advocates Abolishing Life Sentences for Michigan Juveniles May 15, 2012
  A report released Monday found there are significant disparities in the Michigan justice system regarding the sentencing of juvenile criminals. The report was the result of a joint effort between the Michigan branch of the American Civil Liberties Union and the group Second Chance 4 Youth. […]
• Former New York State Judges Join Experts in Calling for Juvenile Justice Reform in New York in NYLS Law Review May 15, 2012
  Just weeks after New York State Governor Andrew M. Cuomo highlighted the need for reform of the state’s juvenile justice system by including in his 2012–2013 budget the Close to Home Initiative, which would allow New York City to take custody of low-level juvenile offenders by removing them from youth prisons and housing them in their own communities, severa […]
• Office of Justice Programs Weekly News Brief May 11, 2012
  WASHINGTON, May 11, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being released by the Office of Justice Programs: […]
• Release hope after bone test results May 5, 2012
  The Juvenile Justice Board is likely to order his release from jail since under the Juvenile Justice Act the maximum penalty a juvenile has to pay is to remain in the observation home for three years or till he attains the age of 21 and Momin has already spent 12 years in jail. […]
• Court order on minors under trial May 5, 2012
  The court has also asked the IG (prisons) to file an affidavit on how many minors are lodged in the other jails in the state. Each police station has been asked to maintain a juvenile justice task unit. "These units will provide legal assistance to minors after they are arrested," the court said. […]
• U.S. finds discrimination in Memphis juvenile courts April 26, 2012
  NASHVILLE, Tenn (Reuters) - Black youths arrested in Memphis, Tennessee, were much more likely than white juveniles to be jailed and tried as adults, discriminatory practices that also affect Hispanic youths in other cities, the Justice Department said on Thursday. A review of 66,000 juvenile court cases in Memphis, where numerous abuses drew Justice Departm […]