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
Closure of Youth Jails Proposed in Cash-Strapped Sacramento County By Andy Furillo | Sacramento Bee — Sacramento County probation officials have proposed shutting
Sacramento Bee Article re Youth Jails Closure View More
Additional child welfare bills that the Youth Law Center is supporting are AB 154 that will inform adoptive parents about the availability
YLC Supporting AB 154, AB 47 and SB114 View More
YLC is supporting AB 938, which provides for early identification and notification of relatives of children who have removed from
YLC Supporting AB 938 View More
We have signed on to an amicus brief in a strip search case, Safford v. Redding, that is going before the Supreme
Signing on to Amicus View More
