Join Youth Law Center’s Celebration of Advocacy, Justice, and Hope in September Since 1978, the Youth Law Center has been using the law as a tool to fight for the rights of children and youth in the foster care and juvenile justice systems. Youth Law Center has won important victories protecting and advancing their rights, […]
Youth Law Center Brief: Ensuring Access to Voting Rights for California Youth Confined in County Juvenile Facilities
In this edition of the Youth Law Center Brief, we introduce our newly published report, Elevating the Voting Rights of Youth: How California Can Ensure Voting Access in County Juvenile Facilities, the first-ever analysis of voting access for youth confined to county juvenile detention facilities. Protecting the voting rights of youth who are incarcerated is […]
New Report Recommends Additional Actions to Ensure Access to Voting Rights for Youth Confined in County Juvenile Facilities.
For Release: April 18, 2024 New Report Recommends Additional Actions to Ensure Access to Voting Rights for Youth Confined in County Juvenile Facilities. Research finds that nearly half of California counties have no formal policies to meet legal obligations for voting-age youth in their juvenile facilities. San Francisco: Elevating the Voting Rights of Youth: […]
Cast Your Vote Today for the Youth Law Center’s Proposal for SOCAP 2024
Vote for the Youth Law Center’s Proposal for SOCAP 2024 Our session proposal, “Advancing Climate Justice and Equity for Systems-Impacted Youth,” has advanced to the voting stage of the SOCAP 2024 conference, But we need your help to get our session on the agenda! Please vote for our session today here – socapglobal.com/session-idea/advancing-climate-justice-and-equity-for-systems-impacted-youth. SOCAP Global […]
New Report is an Urgent Call to Action for Improving Tennessee’s Juvenile Justice System
For Release: February 15, 2024 New Report is an Urgent Call to Action for Improving Tennessee’s Juvenile Justice System Actions to fix Tennessee’s struggling juvenile justice system are long overdue and must include strengthening families, building community connections and ensuring accountability. A new 30-page report released today on Tennessee’s juvenile justice system, A Call to […]
Youth Law Center Brief: Pathways to Higher Education
In this edition of the Youth Law Center Brief, we introduce the Pathways to Higher Education project expanding the number of postsecondary education opportunities available to young people who are currently or have been involved in the juvenile justice system in California. This project resulted from the Youth Law Center’s work successfully advocating for state […]