Juvenile justice legal issues
Voting Rights of System-Impacted Youth
This flier provides helpful voting rights information for system-impacted youth with a particular focus on...
Categories: "Know your rights", Juvenile Justice, Juvenile justice legal issues, Youth Development/Youth Rights
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Voting Rights of Youth in Juvenile Facilities (Spanish)
Categories: "Know your rights", Juvenile Justice, Juvenile justice legal issues, Youth Development/Youth Rights
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OYCR Ombuds Factsheet for Juvenile Defenders
The OYCR Ombudsperson is a new resource for youth in the juvenile justice system. The...
Categories: Juvenile Justice, Juvenile justice legal issues, Legal Representation
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Families Not Facilities: Workable Solutions to Protect the Vulnerable Youth in the Department of Children’s Servicesâ€...
Categories: Child Welfare, Detention, Juvenile Justice, Juvenile justice legal issues, Juvenile Justice Reform, Placement/Confinement, Secure Juvenile Facilities
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Voting Rights of Youth in Juvenile Facilities
Categories: "Know your rights", Juvenile Justice, Juvenile justice legal issues, Youth Development/Youth Rights
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Designed to Fail: A Report on Wilder Youth Development Center, a Department of Children’s Services Facility
Categories: Child Welfare, Crossover Youth, Detention, Juvenile Justice, Juvenile justice legal issues, Juvenile Justice Reform, Placement/Confinement, Secure Juvenile Facilities
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Juvenile Justice Overview Fact Sheet
Juvenile Justice Overview Fact Sheet
Categories: Juvenile justice legal issues
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A.M. v. Holmes Amicus Brief
Amicus brief filed with US Supreme Court in A.M. v. Holmes, challenging the arrest of...
Categories: Juvenile justice legal issues, Legal/policy analyses
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In re Gault – Agenda
Agenda for August 5, 2015 ABA conference on In re Gault
Categories: Juvenile justice legal issues
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In Re Gault – Conference Flyer
Flyer for ABA Conference on "Fulfilling the Promise of Gault - Due Process and Effective...
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Shackling Juvenile in Transportation: Hobbling Fairness
Blog written by YLC Staff Attorney Sue Burrell regarding practice of shackling youth being transferred...
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Letter to Santa Clara Board of Supervisors
Letter from YLC to Santa Clara Board of Supervisors opposing use of pepper spray in...
Categories: Detention, Juvenile justice legal issues, Standards/enforcement
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Sticker Shock: Calculating the Full Price Tag for Youth Incarceration
Report by the Justice Policy Institute outlining the costs of juvenile incarceration.
Categories: Alternatives to incarceration/JDAI, Collateral consequences, Detention, Disposition/placement, Juvenile justice legal issues, Legal/policy analyses, Realignment of resources
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Juvenile Justice Can Be Less Expensive and More Effective
Op-ed by YLC Staff Attorney Sue Burrell on the cost of juvenile detention published by...
Categories: Alternatives to incarceration/JDAI, Collateral consequences, Detention, Disposition/placement, Juvenile justice legal issues, Legal/policy analyses, Realignment of resources
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DOJ Complaint
Complaint to the Department of Justice over Pepper Spray and Mistreatment of Youth in San...
Categories: Detention, Juvenile justice legal issues
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Lawmaker Modifies Sex-Assault Bill Targeting Teens
Article in SF Gate regarding modification of SB 838 by removing two year mandatory minimum...
Categories: Juvenile justice legal issues, Trying juveniles as adults
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George T. Amicus
Amicus where George T., the teenager- in this case, was incarcerated for several months and...
Categories: Juvenile justice legal issues
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Proposition 21: Preventing or Abetting Crime (Interview with Sue Burrell (Daily Journal – December 13, 1999)
This is a December 13, 1999 Daily Journal article on Proposition 21, a voter inititative...
Categories: Gangs, Juvenile justice legal issues, Trying juveniles as adults
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Sacramento Valley Mirror’s Sex, Drugs and Violence in Tehama Juvenile Hall
YLC Attorney Sue Burrell was interviewed for this four part Sacramento Valley Mirror series...
Categories: Detention, Juvenile justice legal issues, Legal/policy issues
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Safford v. Redding Amicus
The Youth Law Center participated in this case as amicus curiae in a brief on...
Categories: Discipline/truancy, Juvenile justice legal issues, Law enforcement in school
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Gang Evidence: Issues for Criminal Defense
This extensive article covers issues such as gangs in a societal context, the difficulty in...
Categories: Gangs, Juvenile justice legal issues
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