YLC Staff Attorney Sue Burrell will be moderating a Plenary on “Defense Strategies to Challenge and Reduce Over-Incarceration” at the […]
Sue Burrell to Present at National Juvenile Defender Summit View More
YLC Attorney Sue Burrell was interviewed for a Sacramento Valley Mirror series exposed alleged sexual misconduct by Tehama County Juvenile
Valley Mirror Investigates Abuses at Tehama Co. Juvenile Hall View More
YLC staff Sue Burrell, Corene Kendrick and Deborah Escobedo will be heading to Indianapolis, Indiana to present an all-day workshop
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, September 4, 2009 Contact: Peter Simonson, ACLU of NM Executive Director (505) 266-5915 x1002 ALBUQUERQUE— In
ACLU and CYFD Reach Agreement on JJ Facilities View More
By Michael Rothfeld | Los Angeles Times — Reporting from Sacramento – The state is closing California’s largest youth prison as the population
California to Close Its Largest Juvenile Prison View More
By Alice Bussiere, Jennifer Pokempner, Jennifer Rodriguez | YLC staff attorneys Jennifer Rodriguez and Alice Bussiere co-authored an article with Juvenile
Fostering Connections to Success View More
Damon King, our Skadden Fellow, will begin work here on September 14th. His project is to enforce the rights of
Damon King, Skadden Fellow to Begin Work at YLC View More
The Youth Law Center is happy to announce that Nicole M. Lewis has just joined our board. Ms. Lewis is
Nicole M. Lewis Joins the YLC Board of Directors View More
The California Supreme Court ruled on July 2, 2009, that juvenile felony adjudications count as “strikes” under California’s Three Strikes
People v. Nguyen Decision a Disappointment View More
The Youth Law Center celebrates the United State Supreme Court decision in Safford v. Redding, finding unconstitutional the strip search
Strip Search of 13 Year Old Student Unconstitutional View More
California’s Locked-Up Children Languish without Mental Health Services By Karen de Sá | Mercury News — The lengthy detention of a mentally ill
Mercury News Article re Lack of Mental Health Services View More
San Francisco Superior Court Judge Peter Busch ruled on June 4th that California state foster care officials must comply with
No Discrimination Against Foster Children with Disabilities View More
