Juvenile Justice

This Guide is intended to be a practical tool that can be used by attorneys...

Categories: Child Welfare, Congregate care, Disposition/placement, Foster care, Group Homes/Non-Secure Placement, Juvenile Justice, Legal Representation, Permanency planning, Placement/Confinement, Practice standards/guides, Relatives/kinship care

An update on the class action lawsuit against the State of Tennessee.

Categories: Juvenile Justice

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In California, outside of juvenile dependency and delinquency representation, there are few civil legal aid...

Categories: AB 12, AB 12, AB 12 Probation, Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Education, Foster care, Foster Care Benefits, Health, Independent Living/Transition, Juvenile Justice, Legal Representation, Practice standards/guides, Public Benefits/Funding

Homelessness and housing/placement instability for current foster youth, youth in extended foster care and former...

Categories: AB 12, AB 12 Probation, Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Foster care, Independent Living/Transition, Juvenile Justice

Extended Foster Care (EFC) is a statewide program that allows eligible young people to remain...

Categories: AB 12, AB 12, AB 12 Probation, Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Foster Care Benefits, Independent Living/Transition, Juvenile Justice, Public Benefits/Funding

The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) oversees the Guaranteed Income (GI) Pilot Program and...

Categories: AB 12, AB 12, AB 12 Probation, Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Foster care, Foster Care Benefits, Independent Living/Transition, Juvenile Justice, Public Benefits/Funding

Attorneys from Disability Rights Tennessee, Sanford Heisler Sharp, and the Youth Law Center filed a...

Categories: Juvenile Justice

This policy affirms the requirement to provide eligible youth the opportunity to register and to...

Categories: Juvenile Justice

This document is a list of all of the tools and resources Youth Law Center...

Categories: AB 12, AB 12 Probation, Aging Out/Transition, Independent Living/Transition

This fact sheet provides an update for child welfare agencies and juvenile probation departments about...

Categories: AB 12, AB 12 Probation, Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Foster care, Juvenile Justice, Transitional Medicaid

This fact sheet describes how Public Housing Authorities can partner with child welfare and juvenile...

Categories: AB 12, AB 12 Probation, Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Foster care, Juvenile Justice, Transitional Medicaid

This fact sheet describes how judges can help ensure that young people are connected with...

Categories: AB 12, AB 12 Probation, Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Foster care, Independent Living/Transition, Juvenile Justice

This fact sheet describes how advocates can assist young people in accessing an FYI or...

Categories: AB 12, AB 12 Probation, Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Foster care, Independent Living/Transition, Juvenile Justice

This fact sheet describes how young people can get assistance and access to FYI vouchers....

Categories: AB 12, AB 12 Probation, Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Foster care, Independent Living/Transition, Juvenile Justice

This fact sheet explains how landlords can work with stakeholders to provide housing units to...

Categories: AB 12, AB 12 Probation, Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Foster care, Independent Living/Transition, Juvenile Justice

This fact sheet details how the child welfare agency and juvenile probation department can partner...

Categories: AB 12, AB 12 Probation, Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Foster care, Independent Living/Transition, Juvenile Justice

This toolkit contains fact sheets for the following stakeholders: young people, public housing authorities, public...

Categories: AB 12, AB 12 Probation, Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Foster care, Independent Living/Transition, Juvenile Justice

This fact sheet provides an update for child welfare agencies and juvenile probation departments about...

Categories: AB 12, AB 12 Probation, Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Foster care, Independent Living/Transition, Juvenile Justice

This template can be used by a young person to ask that the child welfare...

Categories: AB 12, AB 12, AB 12 Probation, Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Foster care, Foster Care Benefits, Independent Living/Transition, Juvenile Justice

This template can be used to request information from a child welfare agency that has...

Categories: AB 12, AB 12 Probation, Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Foster care, Independent Living/Transition, Juvenile Justice

This template can be used by an advocate or attorney to ask that the child...

Categories: AB 12, AB 12 Probation, Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Foster care, Independent Living/Transition, Juvenile Justice

This fact sheet describes how members of the City Council can support the development of...

Categories: AB 12, AB 12 Probation, Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Foster care, Independent Living/Transition, Juvenile Justice

This fact sheet describes how members of the Board of Supervisors can support the development...

Categories: AB 12, AB 12 Probation, Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Foster care, Independent Living/Transition, Juvenile Justice

This fact sheet describes how Public Housing Authorities in California can partner with child welfare...

Categories: AB 12, AB 12 Probation, Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Foster care, Independent Living/Transition, Juvenile Justice

This fact sheet describes how judges can help ensure that young people are connected with...

Categories: AB 12, AB 12 Probation, Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Foster care, Independent Living/Transition, Juvenile Justice

This fact sheet describes how advocates in California can assist young people in accessing an...

Categories: AB 12, AB 12 Probation, Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Foster care, Independent Living/Transition, Juvenile Justice

This fact sheet describes how young people can get assistance and access FYI vouchers.

Categories: AB 12, AB 12 Probation, Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Foster care, Independent Living/Transition, Juvenile Justice

This fact sheet explains how landlords in California can work with stakeholders to provide housing...

Categories: AB 12, AB 12 Probation, Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Foster care, Independent Living/Transition, Juvenile Justice

This fact sheet details how the child welfare agency and juvenile probation department can partner...

Categories: AB 12, AB 12 Probation, Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Foster care, Independent Living/Transition, Juvenile Justice

Due to recent, sweeping changes to California’s juvenile justice system, the number of voting-age youth...

Categories: Data, Juvenile Justice

Through California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM), the Department of Health Care Services is reforming...

Categories: Access to care, Access to care/EPSDT, Child Welfare, Health, Inmate Exclusion, Juvenile Justice, Medicaid/Medi-Cal, Mental Health, Public Benefits/Funding, Specific Services, Specific services/programs, Specific services/programs

What would it look like if Tennessee’s juvenile justice system prioritized strengthening families, connecting youth...

Categories: Developmental disabilities, Equity Issues, Health, Juvenile Justice, Juvenile Justice Reform, Racial Justice/DMC

What would it look like if Tennessee’s juvenile justice system prioritized strengthening families, connecting youth...

Categories: Developmental disabilities, Equity Issues, Health, Juvenile Justice, Juvenile Justice Reform, Racial Justice/DMC

This frequently-asked-questions resource covers the financial benefits and options available to youth and families impacted...

Categories: Child Welfare, Homelessness, Juvenile court practice, Juvenile Justice, Public Benefits/Funding

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

This report analyzes available data – collected through DataQuest, Ed Data, and public records act...

Categories: Education, Education Access, Juvenile Justice

Categories: "Know your rights", Juvenile Justice, Juvenile justice legal issues, Youth Development/Youth Rights

Categories: Education, Education Access, Juvenile Justice

Research has conclusively demonstrated that court-involved children and adolescents present with extremely high rates of...

Categories: Child Welfare, Child/Adolescent Development, Foster care, Juvenile Justice

The OYCR Ombudsperson is a new resource for youth in the juvenile justice system. The...

Categories: Juvenile Justice, Juvenile justice legal issues, Legal Representation

The Community Care Licensing Division (CCLD) of the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) is...

Categories: AB 12, AB 12 Probation, Child Welfare, Congregate care, Foster care, Group Homes/Non-Secure Placement, Inspection/assessment material, Juvenile Justice, Placement/Confinement, Standards/enforcement

The Community Care Licensing Division (CCLD) of the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) is...

Categories: AB 12, AB 12 Probation, Child Welfare, Congregate care, Foster care, Group Homes/Non-Secure Placement, Inspection/assessment material, Juvenile Justice, Placement/Confinement, Standards/enforcement

Youth Law Center’s TAY Practice Exchange is a free practice support network for civil legal...

Categories: AB 12, AB 12, Access to care, Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Education, Equity Issues, Foster care, Foster Care Benefits, Girls, Health, Independent Living/Transition, Juvenile Justice, LGBTQ, Medicaid/Medi-Cal, Mental Health, Mental health needs, Public Benefits/Funding, Specific services/programs, SSI/Social Security

Categories: Education, Education Access, Juvenile Justice

Categories: Education, Education Access, Juvenile Justice

The Foster Care Social Security and Supplemental Security Income Assistance Program (created by AB 1633...

Categories: Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Foster care, Independent Living/Transition, Juvenile Justice, Public Benefits/Funding, SSI/Social Security

This resource contains template letters to request information and actions related to foster youth clients,...

Categories: Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Foster care, Independent Living/Transition, Juvenile Justice, Public Benefits/Funding, SSI/Social Security

This fact sheet, updated in 2023, outlines California law related to transition jurisdiction in juvenile...

Categories: Child Welfare, Foster care, Juvenile Justice

This training describes the role and authority of the newly created office of the Ombudsperson...

Categories: Juvenile Justice

Homelessness both during extended foster care and after leaving extended foster care are critical issues...

Categories: AB 12, AB 12 Probation, Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Foster care, Independent Living/Transition, Juvenile Justice

Homelessness and housing/placement instability are a critical issue facing transition-aged youth in California. Despite broad...

Categories: AB 12, AB 12 Probation, Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Foster care, Independent Living/Transition, Juvenile Justice

Homelessness both during extended foster care and after leaving extended foster care are critical issues...

Categories: AB 12, AB 12 Probation, Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Foster care, Independent Living/Transition, Juvenile Justice

This supplement to the Youth Law Center Presentation: Advocacy Strategies for Preventing Involuntary Exits from THP-NMD provides a...

Categories: AB 12, AB 12 Probation, Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Foster care, Independent Living/Transition, Juvenile Justice

This supplement to the Youth Law Center Presentation: Advocacy Strategies for Preventing Involuntary Exits from THP-NMD provides...

Categories: AB 12, AB 12 Probation, Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Foster care, Independent Living/Transition, Juvenile Justice

This resource provides guidance on how to assist youth who cannot obtain parental information to...

Categories: Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Education, Education Access, Foster care, Juvenile Justice

Categories: Juvenile Justice

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Categories: Child Welfare, Detention, Juvenile Justice, Juvenile justice legal issues, Juvenile Justice Reform, Placement/Confinement, Secure Juvenile Facilities

Categories: Education, Education Access, Juvenile Justice

Transitional Housing Program-Plus (THP-Plus) is a transitional housing program designed to provide housing and supportive...

Categories: AB 12, Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Independent Living/Transition, Juvenile Justice

The Transitional Housing Program-Plus (THP-Plus) is a transitional housing program that provides housing and supportive...

Categories: AB 12, Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Independent Living/Transition, Juvenile Justice

The Foster Youth to Independence (FYI) Initiative and Family Unification Program (FUP) are Housing Choice...

Categories: AB 12, Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Independent Living/Transition, Juvenile Justice

Homelessness both during extended foster care and after leaving extended foster care are critical issues...

Categories: AB 12, Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Independent Living/Transition, Juvenile Justice

Categories: "Know your rights", Juvenile Justice, Juvenile justice legal issues, Youth Development/Youth Rights

Categories: Juvenile Justice

Categories: Detention, Juvenile Justice, Juvenile Justice Reform, Placement/Confinement

This resource explains how public meeting laws under the Brown Act apply to local juvenile...

Categories: Juvenile Justice, Juvenile Justice Reform

Categories: Juvenile Justice

Categories: Child Welfare, Child/Adolescent Development, Health, Juvenile Justice, Medicaid/Medi-Cal, Public Benefits/Funding

Categories: Child Welfare, Crossover Youth, Detention, Juvenile Justice, Juvenile justice legal issues, Juvenile Justice Reform, Placement/Confinement, Secure Juvenile Facilities

Categories: Child Welfare, Juvenile Justice, Legal Representation

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Juvenile Justice Overview Fact Sheet

Categories: Juvenile justice legal issues

Title IV-E for Youth in the Juvenile Justice System

Categories: Disposition/placement, Title IV-E funding

Congress passes legislation that will make it easier for students to get financial aid! Congress has...

Categories: Education Access, Juvenile Justice

This resource is meant to help youth who are about to graduate from higher school...

Categories: Crossover Youth, Education, Education Access, Enrollment/re-entry, Juvenile Justice

No child should remain in custody due to the lack of a reentry plan. Now...

Categories: Access to care, Aging Out/Transition, Detention, Disposition/placement, Education, Group Homes/Non-Secure Placement, Health, Independent Living/Transition, Juvenile Justice, Mental Health, Placement/Confinement, Public Benefits/Funding, Reducing Incarceration, Secure Juvenile Facilities

This fact sheet provides basic information about Assembly Bill 1354, signed into law in 2019 and...

Categories: Education Access

This fact sheet provides basic information about Senate Bill 716, signed into law in 2019 and...

Categories: Education Access

Updated: December 2024 This toolkit provides education-related information and resources regarding the rights of juvenile justice...

Categories: Education Access, Juvenile Justice

The National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (NICJR) is designing a transformed juvenile justice system...

Categories: Education Access

This Youth Law Center report describes the benefits of extracurricular participation for youth, families, and...

Categories: Aging Out/Transition, Child/Adolescent Development, Education Access, Mental Health

Amicus brief filed with US Supreme Court in A.M. v. Holmes, challenging the arrest of...

Categories: Juvenile justice legal issues, Legal/policy analyses

Letter to Governor Brown requesting his signature; a bill limiting use of solitary confinement for...

Categories: Detention, Disposition/placement, Legal/policy issues

Agenda for August 5, 2015 ABA conference on In re Gault

Categories: Juvenile justice legal issues

Flyer for ABA Conference on "Fulfilling the Promise of Gault - Due Process and Effective...

Categories: Juvenile justice legal issues

Assembly Bill 2276 (Bocanegra, 2014) required a statewide work group to study successful transition programs...

Categories: Education Access

Educators Routinely Ignore a Captive Audience - Schools in Juvenile Hall Get An F. ...

Categories: Alternative education, Detention, Discipline/truancy, English learner/migrant/homeless, Enrollment/re-entry

Report by the Youth Law Center of the of the barriers to education for youth...

Categories: Education Access

Blog written by YLC Staff Attorney Sue Burrell regarding practice of shackling youth being transferred...

Categories: Juvenile justice legal issues

Article exploring solitary confinement in juvenile facilities against the backdrop of SB 124 (Leno), currently...

Categories: Detention, Disposition/placement

Article by YLC staff attorney Sue Burrell focuses on the damage caused by collateral...

Categories: Collateral consequences

CA Supreme Court Decision in in re R.V. - decision reversed a lower court decision...

Categories: Competence to stand trial

Letter from YLC to Santa Clara Board of Supervisors opposing use of pepper spray in...

Categories: Detention, Juvenile justice legal issues, Standards/enforcement

Article in San Diego City Beat on SB 124 (Leno), a in the California legislature...

Categories: Detention, Disposition/placement, Standards/enforcement

Fact Sheet on AB 388: What Group Home Staff Need to Know. AB...

Categories: Congregate care, Detention, Inspection/assessment material, Legal/policy issues, Standards/enforcement

Fact Sheet on AB 388: What Youth Advocates Need to Know. AB 388,...

Categories: Congregate care, Detention, Inspection/assessment material, Legal/policy issues, Standards/enforcement

Fact Sheet on AB 388, a new law taking effect January 1, 2015, designed to...

Categories: Congregate care, Detention, Inspection/assessment material, Legal/policy issues, Standards/enforcement

Fact sheet for social workers on AB 388: a new law taking effect January 1,...

Categories: Congregate care, Detention, Inspection/assessment material, Legal/policy issues, Standards/enforcement

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

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

Blog, by Youth Law Center Staff Attorney Sue Burrell, for the Huffington Post, on the...

Categories: Adolescence, Disposition/placement, LGBTQ, Trying juveniles as adults

YLC staff attorney Sue Burrell, wrote an op ed piece for the CT Mirror, Incarcerating...

Categories: Alternatives to incarceration/JDAI, Detention, LGBTQ

AP article appearing in SFGate.com on Complaint filed with DOJ over use of pepper spray...

Categories: Detention

Article in San Diego Union Tribune on Complaint filed with DOJ over Use of Pepper...

Categories: Detention

article in Sn Diego City Beat on DOJ complaint filed over pepper spray use in...

Categories: Detention

Article appearing in the San Diego Union Tribune on complaint filed with DOJ by Youth...

Categories: Detention

Article by Dave Maass and Kelly Davis on DOJ Complaint filed by Youth Law Center...

Categories: Detention

Press Release on DOJ Complaint Over Pepper Spray in San Diego Juvenile Halls

Categories: Detention

Complaint to the Department of Justice over Pepper Spray and Mistreatment of Youth in San...

Categories: Detention, Juvenile justice legal issues

Article in SF Gate regarding modification of SB 838 by removing two year mandatory minimum...

Categories: Juvenile justice legal issues, Trying juveniles as adults

PDF of blog by Sue Burrell written for the National Council on Crime and Delinquency's...

Categories: Division of Juvenile Facilities, Realignment of resources

Blog by Sue Burrell appearing on the website of National Council of Crime & Delinquency...

Categories: Division of Juvenile Facilities, Realignment of resources

Realizing the state could not afford to comply with the Farrell consent decree, in 2007,...

Categories: Realignment of resources

In response to recent disclosures concerning the California Youth Authority, on May 16, 2000, the Senate...

Categories: Division of Juvenile Facilities, Legal/policy issues

Article in the Daily Journal Forum Column about efforts to reform the California Youth Authority...

Categories: Division of Juvenile Facilities, Legal/policy issues

This 2006 presentation at the California Public Defender Association meeting in Monterey covers changes at...

Categories: Division of Juvenile Facilities, Legal/policy issues

This letter expresses YLC concerns regarding proposed changes to pepper spray regulations in Texas. ...

Categories: Legal/policy issues, Training school

This power point covers planning issues caregivers need to consider before the youth’s 18th birthday...

Categories: AB 12, AB 12 Probation

This power point covers the new foster family licensing regulations and placement options for youth...

Categories: AB 12, AB 12 Probation

This power point covers the supports and other benefits available to help foster youth working...

Categories: AB 12, AB 12 Probation

This powerpoint provides an overview of AB 12 including eligibility, benefits, living settings, exit and...

Categories: AB 12, AB 12 Probation

Rocky Mountain News article about the filing of E.R. v. McDonnell, a juvenile detention center...

Categories: Detention, Legal/policy issues

Rocky Mountain News article about the settlement in E. R. v. McDonnell, a lawsuit in...

Categories: Detention, Legal/policy issues

Orange County Register article about the results of the trial in Hollingsworth v. Orange County,...

Categories: Detention, Legal/policy issues

LA Times article about the conclusion of the trial in our case, Hollingsworth v. Orange...

Categories: Detention, Legal/policy issues

LA Times article about the filing of Morris v. Harper, a lawsuit against the California...

Categories: Division of Juvenile Facilities, Specific services/programs

LA Times article about the Youth Law Center case, Wilber v. Warner (previously Morris v....

Categories: Division of Juvenile Facilities, Specific services/programs

Denver Post op ed piece about E.R v. McDonnell, a case in which the Youth...

Categories: Detention, Legal/policy issues

Denver Post article about the settlement reached in the case, E.R. v. McDonnell, where the...

Categories: Detention, Legal/policy issues

Article about what is wrong with the Oakland gang clothing policy.

Categories: Gangs

The purpose of this memorandum is to address ways to challenge the imposition of lengthy...

Categories: Detention, Disposition/placement

Cases on commitment to juvenile hall in chronological order. Note that the statutes have...

Categories: Detention, Disposition/placement

Amicus where George T., the teenager- in this case, was incarcerated for several months and...

Categories: Juvenile justice legal issues

Hand out at the DJJ Realignment Symposium on SB 81.

Categories: Realignment of resources

Power point presentation at the DJJ Realignment symposium on SB 81, realignment.

Categories: Realignment of resources

Panel discusses juvenile justice reform in Connecticut, California and Texas.

Categories: Division of Juvenile Facilities, Realignment of resources

This is an amicus to a case that presents the question whether Senate Bill 459...

Categories: Disposition/placement, Division of Juvenile Facilities, Training school

This power point presentation summarizes the results of a survey of probation departments. It...

Categories: Detention, Developmental disabilities, Disposition/placement

Power point presentation spells out what collateral consequences are and what needs to be done.

Categories: Collateral consequences

This is a collateral consequences check list for youth who are in the juvenile justice...

Categories: Collateral consequences

The question here is whether a juvenile court may dismiss a wardship petition in the...

Categories: Division of Juvenile Facilities, Training school

Danny O. v. Bowman was a federal class action suit on behalf of all youth...

Categories: Legal/policy issues, Training school

This is a shorter version of the original report that presents the findings of Youth...

Categories: Disposition/placement, Placement delay

This is an op ed piece summing up juvenile justice reform in the first part...

Categories: Division of Juvenile Facilities, Legal/policy analyses, Realignment of resources

The Juvenile Justice Data Project was started in October 2004 and ended in 2007, as...

Categories: Data

The Juvenile Justice Data Project (JJDP) released the results of the first ever statewide survey...

Categories: Data

The Juvenile Justice Data Project (JJDP) released the results of the first ever statewide survey...

Categories: Data

The Juvenile Justice Data Project (JJDP) released the results of the first ever statewide survey...

Categories: Data

This powerpoint presentation highlights the negative impact of detention.

Categories: Alternatives to incarceration/JDAI, Detention

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

This protocol is a guide for handling cases involving potential competence issues juvenile court.

Categories: Competence to stand trial

YLC Attorney Sue Burrell was interviewed for this four part Sacramento Valley Mirror series...

Categories: Detention, Juvenile justice legal issues, Legal/policy issues

On August 30, 2011, Jennifer Rodriguez and Maria Ramiu presented a webinar on “Probation Provisions...

Categories: AB 12, Disposition/placement, Foster care

Nick O. v. Terhune was a federal class action challenging the failure of the defendants...

Categories: Division of Juvenile Facilities, Legal/policy issues, Special education, Training school

Willie M. v. Hunt was a federal civil rights lawsuit that challenged the state's failure...

Categories: Legal/policy issues, Mental health needs, Specific services/programs, Training school

Willie M. v. Hunt was a federal civil rights lawsuit that challenged the state's failure...

Categories: Legal/policy issues, Mental health needs, Specific services/programs, Training school

Tommy P. v. Board of County Commissioners was a state court action to insure that...

Categories: Detention, Enrollment/re-entry, Legal/policy issues

Tommy P. v. Board of County Commissioners was a state court action to insure that...

Categories: Detention, Enrollment/re-entry, Legal/policy issues

This lawsuit was filed in May 2000, challenging the failure of the California Youth Authority...

Categories: Division of Juvenile Facilities, Legal/policy issues, Mental health needs, Specific services/programs, Training school

This lawsuit was filed in May 2000, challenging the failure of the California Youth Authority...

Categories: Division of Juvenile Facilities, Legal/policy issues, Mental health needs, Specific services/programs, Training school

This lawsuit was filed in May 2000, challenging the failure of the California Youth Authority...

Categories: Division of Juvenile Facilities, Legal/policy issues, Mental health needs, Specific services/programs, Training school

Steven L. v. Kern County challenged the policies at the Kern County Juvenile Hall and...

Categories: Detention, Legal/policy issues

Steven L. v. Kern County challenged the policies at the Kern County Juvenile Hall and...

Categories: Detention, Legal/policy issues

Shaw v. San Francisco challenged various illegal policies, practices and conditions of confinement at the...

Categories: Detention, Legal/policy issues

Shaw v. San Francisco challenged various illegal policies, practices and conditions of confinement at the...

Categories: Detention, Legal/policy issues

Robert K. v. Bell was a federal class action brought by nine children who were...

Categories: Legal/policy issues, Training school

S.H. v. Reed is a federal civil rights class action on behalf of all juveniles...

Categories: Girls, Legal/policy issues, Parole, Training school

S.H. v. Reed is a federal civil rights class action on behalf of all juveniles...

Categories: Girls, Legal/policy issues, Parole, Training school

S.H. v. Reed is a federal civil rights class action on behalf of all juveniles...

Categories: Girls, Legal/policy issues, Parole, Training school

S.H. v. Reed is a federal civil rights class action on behalf of all juveniles...

Categories: Girls, Legal/policy issues, Parole, Training school

L.H. v. Brown is a federal class action lawsuit filed in September 2006 in the...

Categories: Division of Juvenile Facilities, Parole, Training school

L.H. v. Brown is a federal class action lawsuit filed in September 2006 in the...

Categories: Division of Juvenile Facilities, Parole, Training school

L.H. v. Brown is a federal class action lawsuit filed in September 2006 in the...

Categories: Division of Juvenile Facilities, Parole, Training school

Nick O. v. Terhune was a federal class action challenging the failure of the defendants...

Categories: Division of Juvenile Facilities, Legal/policy issues, Special education, Training school

Johnnie K. v. Crist was a civil rights action brought by juveniles confined in the...

Categories: Legal/policy issues, Training school

Johnnie K. v. Crist was a civil rights action brought by juveniles confined in the...

Categories: Legal/policy issues, Training school

Jane G. v. Solano County was filed on behalf of a 17-year-old girl who was...

Categories: Detention, Legal/policy issues

Jane G. v. Solano County was filed on behalf of a 17-year-old girl who was...

Categories: Detention, Legal/policy issues

Hollingsworth v. Orange County was a conditions of confinement case filed in state court. The...

Categories: Detention, Legal/policy issues, Right to Counsel

Hollingsworth v. Orange County was a conditions of confinement case filed in state court. The...

Categories: Detention, Legal/policy issues, Right to Counsel

Gary H. v. Hegstrom challenged the conditions of confinement and adequacy of treatment programs for...

Categories: Legal/policy issues, Training school

Gary H. v. Hegstrom challenged the conditions of confinement and adequacy of treatment programs for...

Categories: Legal/policy issues, Training school

G.C. v. Coler was a federal, class action lawsuit brought on behalf of children confined...

Categories: Detention, Legal/policy issues

G.C. v. Coler was a federal, class action lawsuit brought on behalf of children confined...

Categories: Detention, Legal/policy issues

E.R. v. McDonnell, was filed in December 1995, on behalf of two children confined in...

Categories: Detention, Legal/policy issues

E.R. v. McDonnell, was filed in December 1995, on behalf of two children confined in...

Categories: Detention, Legal/policy issues

Doe v. Younger challenged the conditions of confinement for juveniles at the Kenton County Detention...

Categories: Detention, Legal/policy issues

Doe v. Younger challenged the conditions of confinement for juveniles at the Kenton County Detention...

Categories: Detention, Legal/policy issues

Doe v. Foti was a civil rights class action challenging conditions of confinement for juveniles...

Categories: Detention, Legal/policy issues

Doe v. Foti was a civil rights class action challenging conditions of confinement for juveniles...

Categories: Detention, Legal/policy issues

Danny O. v. Bowman was a federal class action suit on behalf of all youth...

Categories: Legal/policy issues, Training school

D.J.R. v. Christean was a federal civil rights class action which challenged the use of...

Categories: Detention, Legal/policy issues, Standards/enforcement

Clarence M. v. Yakima was a civil rights action for declaratory judgment, permanent injunction, damages...

Categories: Detention, Legal/policy issues

Clarence M. v. Yakima was a civil rights action for declaratory judgment, permanent injunction, damages...

Categories: Detention, Legal/policy issues

Christina A. v. Bloomberg challenged the conditions of confinement at the South Dakota State Training...

Categories: Legal/policy issues, Training school

Christina A. v. Bloomberg challenged the conditions of confinement at the South Dakota State Training...

Categories: Legal/policy issues, Training school

Bobby M. v. Martinez, a federal class action, was brought on behalf of the 1,000...

Categories: Legal/policy issues, Training school

Bobby M. v. Martinez, a federal class action, was brought on behalf of the 1,000...

Categories: Legal/policy issues, Training school

Since 2002, YLC staff has worked with the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico...

Categories: Legal/policy issues, Training school

Since 2002, YLC staff has worked with the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico...

Categories: Legal/policy issues, Training school

Since 2002, YLC staff has worked with the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico...

Categories: Legal/policy issues, Training school

Since 2002, YLC staff has worked with the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico...

Categories: Legal/policy issues, Training school

Since 2002, YLC staff has worked with the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico...

Categories: Legal/policy issues, Training school

Since 2002, YLC staff has worked with the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico...

Categories: Legal/policy issues, Training school

Anthony C. v. Pima County was filed in 1982 to challenge a number of practices...

Categories: Detention, Legal/policy issues

This report describes a project undertaken when the California Legislature defunded state inspections of juvenile...

Categories: Detention, Inspection / assessment material, Legal/policy issues

Anthony C. v. Pima County was filed in 1982 to challenge a number of practices...

Categories: Detention, Legal/policy issues

Aguilar v. Mitchell was a federal court action involving conditions of confinement of children in...

Categories: Detention, Legal/policy issues

Since 2002, YLC staff has worked with the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico...

Categories: Legal/policy issues, Training school

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

This memo summarizes a presentation at a public meeting of the Juvenile Parole Board (JPB)...

Categories: Disposition/placement, Juveniles in Jails/Prisons

On October 19, 2010, the Public Safety budget trailer bill, A.B. 1628, was signed into...

Categories: Parole, Realignment of resources

This is a short discussion of strategies defenders may use to address individual client situations...

Categories: Detention, Legal/policy issues

This article offers a vehicle for discussion of California juvenile incompetence to stand trial.  It...

Categories: Competence to stand trial, Mental health needs

This report presents the findings of Youth Law Center's research into placement issues for juvenile...

Categories: Disposition/placement, Mental health needs, Placement delay

This article explores the human impact of crowding as actually observed in detention centers around...

Categories: Detention, Disposition/placement, Legal/policy issues

This extensive article covers issues such as gangs in a societal context, the difficulty in...

Categories: Gangs, Juvenile justice legal issues