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- IL Racial Justice Equity Committee IRJEC Meeting
- Congratulations to CJJ’s 2022 Annual Awards Awardees
- Addressing the Intersections of Youth Legal System Involvement and Homelessness: Principles for Change
- Commissioner Updates: The Commission Welcomes Jelani R. Floyd and Tamela Meehan
- In memory of Commissioner George Hill
- Juvenile Justice Reform Efforts Based on Data, Not Politics
- Commissioner Esther Franco-Payne recognized with Chicago Black women leaders
- Michelle Mbekeani with Cook County State's Attorney's Office Appointed as New Commissioner
- Commissioner Shelley Davis appointed as President & CEO of The Coleman Foundation
- Trial & sentencing of juveniles as adults increases harm & devalues youth potential for rehabilitation
- Pritzker administration announces new community-based approach to transform juvenile justice in Illinois
- Council Spotlight: Mitigating the Effects of COVID-19 Through Community Partnership
- Illinois Governor Appoints Five New Commissioners
- A Call to Action: Racial Equity in Juvenile Justice
- COVID-19 Crisis: Protecting the health & well-being of justice-system-involved children & youth
- Commission appoints new Executive Director Drea Hall
- It takes a village: Leveraging community-level knowledge to decrease juvenile arrests
- Winnebago County’s juvenile justice stakeholders seek learning to reduce racial & ethnic disparities
- The Commission welcomes new Chair Rick Velasquez
- After nine years as Commission Chair, Judge George Timberlake retires
- Executive Committee meeting scheduled for December 13
- Committee meetings canceled week of November 18-22
- Report Highlights Reintegration Challenges Facing the Recently Incarcerated
- Report Explores How to Build More Effective Approaches to Serve Youth Involved in a Violent Crime in the Community
- NPR Illinois: Online Learning Can Open Doors For Kids In Juvenile Jails
- OJJDP Releases Guide for Youth in Long-Term Juvenile Corrections and Treatment Programs
- New Report from Vera Institute Calls for Focus on Girls in Reform Efforts
- New Study Shines a Light on the Impacts of Parental Incarceration on Children
- Report on the Intersection of Homelessness and the Criminal Justice System from ICJIA
- Attorneys to Defend Growing Number of Youth Charged in Harrisburg
- Transforming Juvenile Probation from the Annie E. Casey Foundation
- Recent Report from the Juvenile Justice Initiative on the Detention of Juveniles in Illinois
- Illinois Collaboration on Youth Responds to Rise in Solitary Confinement of Youth in Cook County
- Beyond Exonerating the Innocent: Using Storytelling to Humanize Youth Sentenced to Die in Prison
- The Costliest Choice: Economic Impact of Youth Incarceration
- New Report Addresses High Rate of Youth with Mental Health Conditions Entering the Illinois Juvenile Justice System
- OP-ED: "How to make sure those stupid teenage antics don’t follow you for life"
- Should 10-Year-Old Kids Be Kept in Juvenile Detention?
- DCFS Enhances Procedures Promoting the Safety and Well-Being of LGBTQ Youth
- Family Engagement in Juvenile Courts
- Study: "Listening to Youth Could Improve Justice System"
- Lurie Children’s Hospital Launches Pilot Program to Help Curb Youth Violence in Chicago
- New Report Recommends Actions to Replace the Youth Prison Model
- Recidivism Isn't the Only Measure of Success
- Thousands of Girls Are Locked Up for Talking Back or Staying Out Late
- 28,000 Federal Employees Forced To Confront Their Bias
- Teens on Probation Get New Start with Running Program
- New Report: "Burdened for Life: The Myth of Juvenile Record Confidentiality and Expungement in Illinois."
- JJIE: Case Now Strong for Ending Probation’s Place As Default Disposition in Juvenile Justice
- JJIE: Interrogations Encourage False Confessions from Students
- ICJIA: The Use of Incarceration to Address Juvenile Delinquency- Court Evaluations
- NPR: The Untold Stories of Black Girls
- JJIE: Pilot Program Giving Dual Status Youth the Trauma-Informed Care, Connections They Need
- The Use of Incarceration to Address Juvenile Delinquency
- New Yorker: When Kids Are Accused of Sex Crimes
- Closing Kewanee Just a Start for Juvenile Justice Reforms
- Report: LGBT Youth Face Serious Discrimination in Justice System
- Barack Obama: Why We Must Rethink Solitary Confinement
- Rauner: OK to Spend Now for Criminal Justice Reform
- Appropriations and Juvenile Justice
- March Until ‘Shoot First, Ask Questions Later’ by Police Stops
- Illinois’ Juvenile Imprisonment Rate Drops, Racial Disparities Continue
- New Beginning for Cook County Temporary Detention Center
- Making things Right: Teen Court Enters its Second Year in St. Clair County
- Mandatory Minimum Sentencing is a Stopgap for Preventing Gun Violence
- Prison sentences are getting shorter. But racial disparities are getting worse.
- Illinois Starts to Redeem Its Reform-minded Juvenile Justice Past
- Young Sex Offenders Can, Must Be Rehabilitated
- Juvenile Justice Council Seeks Community Input
- Black & White: Expert Debunks Myths About School Discipline
- Black & White: Racial Disparities In School Discipline
- From Gangster to Student Body President
- Judges Granted Greater Discretion in Juvenile Court
- Chicago Police and ACLU Agree To Major Changes in Stop-and-Frisk Policy
- Governor Rauner Signs Juvenile Justice Reform Legislation
- Mental health a 'growing issue' in DuPage juvenile system
- Editorial: Even in austerity, keep priority on youth mental health
- Illinois prison overcrowding and costs prompt new, “smart” approach to offenders
- Southern IL program helps youth stay out of juvenile justice system
- Legislature OKs bill to keep more juvenile offenders out of adult court
- Years of County Investments in Juvenile Temporary Detention Center Bring Facility into Compliance with Federal Standards
- Re-Examining Juvenile Incarceration
- Forums address juvenile retail theft in Macon County
- Funding for Suicide Prevention Activities
- Eliminate automatic transfer of children to adult court in Illinois
- Judges should decide where teens stand trial
- Elgin Peer Jury gives kids second chance
- Study on Cook County Juvenile Court recommends shift in priorities
- Rauner plan for DJJ spares some from prison
- State Agency Unveils Plan to Improve Juvenile Justice System
- DJJ Releases Strategic Plan for 2015
- Local, state law enforcement lobby against youth program cuts —
- Illinois Supreme Court debates allowing 18-year-olds to be charged as juveniles
- Chicago-Area Officials Want Incarcerating Young People to Be a Last Resort
- Federal Panel Takes Up JJDPA Reauthorization
- Washington Post: Boys of Color More Likely to be Imprisoned
- Juvenile Offenders and Victims: 2014 National Report
- Chicago Sun-Times: Mentoring Program Keeps Teen on Proper Path
- Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette: Blakeman Lowers Cost of Having Record Expunged
- Targeting Automatic Transfers: President Preckwinkle Aims at Addressing Racial Disparity in the Cook County Justice System
- WNIJ: Criminal Justice Advocates Like Rauner Choices
- Chicago Tribune: Juvenile Justice Gets a Boost in Illinois
- Report: Costs of Incarcerating Young Steep – and Potentially Crippling
- NY Times: For Better Crime Prevention, a Dose of Science
- Communities Benefit When An Investment In Youth Is Made
- Newest circuit judge takes children to heart
- Editorial: No silver bullet solution to flying bullets
- State Juvenile Justice Dept. Report Touches On Medication, Expansion
- Union County Grant Increase to Reduce Juvenile Crime
- How To Put an End to LGBT Discrimination Behind Bars
- Push on for Reauthorization of Juvenile Justice Act
- Mayor's Commission For A Safer Chicago Releases Collaborative Anti-Violence Report
- Preckwinkle calls for end to automatic transfers of minors to adult court
- Preckwinkle Seeks to Curb Juvenile Offender Transfers to Adult Court
- Study: Jobs Prevent Violence In Chicago’s Most Impoverished Neighborhoods
- Studies, Experts Question Effect of Placing Children on Sex Offender Registries
- How a Chicago Summer Job Program Reduced Violent Crime
- OP-ED: Young People’s Brain Development Gives Us Window for Change
- Judge Timberlake Receives Champion for Change in State Leadership Award
- MacArthur Lauds Juvenile Justice Reformers
- Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice Releases Annual Report
- Summer jobs for disadvantaged kids tied with drop in violent crimes; mentoring may be the key
- District Considering Restorative Justice
- Supreme Court declines juvenile prison appeal request
- New report shows cracks in Cook County’s juvenile justice system —
- Restorative Justice and the Rebirth of Chicago
- States Are Failing to Protect Juvenile Records, Study Shows
- Could truant officers return to Chicago Public Schools?
- For 500 teen offenders, peer pressure actually works
- Kane County launches, plans to expand peer jury program
- ‘We Charge Genocide’ Issues Damning Report on Abuse and Brutality in Chicago
- OP-ED: Automatic Transfer Negates Justice for All Our Children
- Research Looks at Difference Between Zero-Tolerance and Restorative Justice Policies
- Youth Arrest Rates Drop
- Alternative to prosecution to be discussed at Oct. 26 forum
- EXCHANGE: Peer jury program offers second chance
- OP-ED: Juvenile Courts Are Losing Opportunities to Create Better Futures
- Youth Council hosts annual conference
- Local judge tapped for national leadership summit
- Office of Justice Programs, MacArthur Foundation Renew Partnership with $2 Million Commitment to Advance Juvenile Justice Reform
- Expert Calls for Suicide Screening in All Juvenile Detention Centers
- St. Clair County looks to train jurors for teen court
- Stats pointing to racial bias in expulsions and suspensions spur a new look at school discipline.
- Will This Be the Year JJDPA Is Reauthorized?
- Riverside Police Chief Tom Weitzel recently was appointed to Illinois’ Juvenile Justice Commission
- Aid Scarce for Immigrant Children in South Texas
- Juvenile Sex Offender Registries Don’t Make Us Safer
- Ferguson a Stark Reminder of Racial Disparity in Nation’s Justice System
- How to Improve the System’s Treatment of Kids? Ask Them
- Joakim Noah urges Chicagoans to put down their guns in PSA
- NAACP delves into school punishment disparity
- Durbin Announces A More Than $285,000 Investment In Illinois Substance Abuse Treatment Programs
- OP-ED: Restorative Justice Isn’t Fluff, It’s an Investment in the Future
- Hassakis recognized for work in juvenile justice
- Interview: Leaving Violence Behind
- OUR VIEWS: Thumbs up! Thumbs down!
- CPS Has Safest Year Ever, Study Says; ‘Nothing to Celebrate’ Critics
- Holder in Chicago, lauds 'amazing' turnaround in student safety at CPS
- Gov. Quinn signs anti-bullying bill
- Education, not jail, is solution for troubled youth
- Illinois counting on Cook County program to fix juvenile parole
- More support needed for CPS discipline code to work
- CPS easing up on discipline policy
- Coalition for Juvenile Justice Conference Featured Listenbee, Others
- Durbin Announces More Than $7.3 Million in Federal Funding To Support Workforce Training Efforts
- Detained Youths More Likely to Die Violent Deaths as Adults
- Kids In Juvenile Detention Face Risk Of Violent Death As Adults
- ‘Fearful inheritance’: What the Case for Reparations Means for Jail and Prison Reform
- 'Clean slate' is good legislation
- Illinois’ new solution to juvenile offenders
- Governor Quinn Signs “Clean Slate” Juvenile Record Expungement Legislation
- Redeploy program having positive effect
- No, 12-year-old evildoers aren't 'adults'
- OP-ED:The Makings of a Good Juvenile Probation Officer
- Emanuel takes victory lap for bill expunging juvenile records
- Chicago Officials Praise Legislation To Make Expunging Juvenile Records Easier
- Mayor Emanuel Joins Legislators and Community Leaders to Announce Passage of Juvenile Expungement Legislation
- Rahm Touts New Law to Clear Juvenile Police Records
- Mayor Stresses Passage of Bill Expunging Juvenile Records
- Senate panel OKs resolution on juvenile records
- State proposal would clear some juvenile arrest records
- House votes to expunge minors' arrests if no convictions result
- Human services cuts hurt Illinois’ vulnerable
- Up From the Depths: Juvenile Offenders Who Turned Their Lives Around
- Governor Quinn Announces Illinois’ First Pay for Success Project Innovative Project Will Increase Support for At-Risk Youth Through Performance-Based Contracts Backed by Private Investment
- Juvenile sex-offender registries are challenged
- ACLU, Illinois DJJ Move Forward on Remedial Plan
- Disparities with Automatic Adult Prosecutions in Cook County, Illinois
- Federal Juvenile Justice Regs: What’s the Holdup?
- Redeploy Illinois Program Diverts Thousands of Youth From Prison System, Saves State $60 Million
- Don't automatically try juveniles as adults
- Redeploy Illinois Program Gaining Ground
- Efforts Underway to Boost Low Juvenile Expungement Numbers
- New analysis of prison diversion initiative shows 54 percent reduction in juvenile incarceration
- Illinois to put social service providers on pay for performance
- New Research Confirms 30-Year Trend of Poor Outcomes and Nearly Exclusive Impact on Minority Youth from Automatic Transfer to Adult Court
- Study: Minority kids hit hardest by Illinois law
- Out of 257 Chicago-area juveniles charged as adults over a 2-year period, 1 was white
- Chicago's $8 million push to protect students from gangs
- A Juvenile Justice System that Reflects What We Know About Adolescent Development
- Hip-hop artist Common announces Chicago youth job program
- Governor Quinn Announces $3.2 Million to Renovate Illinois Youth Center – St. Charles Intake Building Project will Improve Safety of Youth and Staff During Intake Process
- It’s Time to Abolish Automatic Transfer
- Voice of The Southern: Spend a little, save even more
- Officials fight to save kids' crime-prevention programs
- Teens and the Sex Offender Registry, No Good Outcomes for Anyone
- Stopping the school-to-prison pipeline
- Mayor Rahm Emanuel backs bill to expunge juvenile arrest records
- Illinois Commission Finds: Declining Number of Juvenile Sex Offenders, Uneven Treatment, Oppressive Registry
- Juvenile Sex Offense Numbers May Surprise You
- Report: Keep juvenile sex offenders off registries
- Commission wants changes in juvenile sex-offender rules
- Lawmakers attempt an end run around the Illinois Supreme Court
- More sex offenders ending up on registries
- Here’s Why It’s Counterproductive To Put Juveniles On The Sex Offender Registry
- Study: Illinois Far Behind, Too Harsh With Juvenile Sex Offenders on Registry, Discipline
- Commission recommends removing juvenile offenders from sex registries, bolstering treatment
- Commission: Remove Juveniles From Sex Offender Registries
- Teen charged in police-involved shooting
- Youth prisons warn about big cuts
- Illinois Supreme Court Gets it Right on Juvenile Life Sentences: Now, the Legislature Ought to Act
- Ruling allows new hearings for 100 convicted killers
- Ill. High Court Ruling Could Mean Early Release For Prisoners Convicted As Juveniles
- Police, sheriffs ask Illinois lawmakers to maintain funding for youth programs
- Illinois High Court Opens Door to New Sentences for Juvenile Lifers
- Juvenile Life Without Parole, and the Hope and Horror of Re-sentencing
- Plan advanced to improve conditions in juvenile justice facilities
- Educating juveniles in the justice system
- 2014 a Milestone Year for Youth Justice Reforms
- OP-ED: You can’t Talk About Justice Without Talking About Race
- Obama launches personal effort to propel black and Latino boys
- Juvenile Life Without Parole: What Will Miller v. Alabama Mean For Adolfo Davis?
- OP-ED: Why Juvenile Justice Advocates Shouldn’t Ignore Retribution
- Director Candice Jones and 4 Opportunities for Reform in the Illinois Dept. of Juvenile Justice
- A Fresh Approach to Tackling Juvenile Violence
- ABA resolution backs access to effective appellate representation for juveniles
- White Paper: Need to Reform Mental Health Treatment for Incarcerated Youth
- Voice of the People
- Illinois Riddled With Issues of Juvenile Access to Counsel, Fair Representation
- OP-ED: The Importance of Jobs Programs for Youth Re-Entry
- Recidivism Reduction Grants
- Governor Quinn Names Candice Jones as Director of Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice
- Piecing It All Together Conference – March 14 & 15 SIU Edwardsville
- Note to Congress: Rethink Juvenile Justice Cuts
- Mayor Emanuel, Chicago Police Department, Department of Family and Support Services Announce a 40 Percent Decrease in Youth Violence in 2013
- OP-ED: Kids and the Mythical Knockout Craze
- Education, Youth Justice Experts Sound Off On New Federal School Discipline Guidelines
- Illinois Man Sentenced As Teen to Life Without Parole Fights for Release
- Expunge.io App Helps Teens Move Past Their Juvenile Arrests
- Obama Administration Calls Out School-to-Prison Pipeline
- Illinois Takes Huge Step in Juvenile Justice Reform
- Trauma and Triumph in Family Court
- Sangamon Co. prosecutor supports recent change in juvenile law
- 17-Year-Olds Accused of Felonies to be Treated as Juveniles
- Lawmaker Wants Second Chance For Juvenile Sentences
- Teens learning radio skills in Chicago police program
- Local Juvenile Justice Reformer Awarded as “Gutsy Youth Advocate of the Year
- Some juveniles will get new start
- Confronting Bias in the Juvenile Justice System
- Expelled Students Get A Second Chance
- Juvenile justice system in Illinois still struggling
- Chicago officials try to tackle K-8 grade truancy crisis
- Troubled juvenile detention center in spotlight at Cook County Board meeting
- Holidays in the Juvenile Justice System
- Chicago Could See Fewest Murders Since 1965
- Innovation of the Week: Gardening “Boot Camps” for Troubled Youth
- Union County receives $200,000 juvenile justice grant
- Justice Anne Burke Calls for Changing How Courts Punish Kids With Guns
- Let's "Restore" our Justice System
- Incarceration is Only One Piece of a Rational, Effective Juvenile Justice System
- New report says inadequate staffing allowed for sexual misconduct in youth prisons
- Supervisor of Union County Prosecutor’s Office Juvenile Unit earns statewide award
- Report cites lack of staffing, security cameras for incidents of abuse in state youth prisons
- Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice Director Arthur Bishop Issues Statement on Report Commissioned to Help Reduce and Prevent Sexual Victimization of Youth at Illinois Youth Centers
- Firearm Injuries to Children and Teens Far More Deadly, Costly Than Other Injuries
- Chicago Drops CeaseFire from Anti-Violence Strategy
- Children, even teenagers, don’t belong in adult jails
- Illinois Supreme Court says no prison for underage drinking
- Why the JJDPA Matters to Youth Advocates Across the Country
- Nearly Half of U.S. States Enact Juvenile Justice Reforms
- IDJJ Mental Health Report Focuses on Staffing, Screening, Solitary
- Iowa and Illinois flounder on juvenile justice
- Illinois Needs Smaller Juvenile Prison Systems
- Illinois Supreme Court rules on what can land juvenile offenders in prison
- Governor Quinn Makes Key Appointments to Truancy in Chicago Public Schools Task Force
- Governor Quinn Pioneers Innovative Approach to Fund New Opportunities for At-Risk Youth
- County nearing start of criminal justice system overhaul
- Watchdog to judges: Stop putting kids with mental health needs in prison
- How Bad Is Violence in Chicago? Depends on Your Race
- Underage Suspects Are Apt to Confess to Crimes They Didn’t Commit. Here’s Why.
- State's youth prison system violates inmates' rights, experts say
- Why Do So Many Juvenile Suspects Confess to Crimes They Didn’t Commit?
- Why Zero Tolerance Means More Kids in Jail
- Getting Adults on Board for Alternatives to Locking Up Kids
- Celebrating the ‘My Kid Test’ and Patience in Chicago
- What’s the charge? New law will allow 17-year-olds charged with felonies to be tried in juvenile court instead of as adults in criminal court
- Bill would return nonviolent 17-year-olds to juvenile justice system
- Is a Perfect Storm Heading Your Way?
- Illinois DJJ Awaiting Expert Report on Mental Health
- New Illinois Law Adds Hispanic/Latino Category to Criminal Justice Data Collection
- After Supreme Court Ruling, States Act on Juvenile Sentences
- Betsy Clarke honored with national youth advocate award
- Violence plagues some new Safe Passage routes
- Alternatives to Youth Incarceration in Chicago
- Chicago Public Safety Action Committee Names Dr. Toni Irving As Its First Executive Director
- Families out of reach, incarcerated youth often silent about sexual assaults
- Mikva JJC and News Genius: Partners in Crime Education
- Wise Spending Leads to Effective Solutions
- Governor Quinn Signs Legislation Creating Violence Prevention Task Force
- Programs to keep kids off streets during violent summer may end
- Summit Rallies Young People to Become Juvenile Justice Advocates
- Lawmakers Call to Arm Prison Rape Victims with Legal Aid
- Illinois lawmakers looking at high incidence of sexual abuse in youth prisons
- Ill. among 4 worst states for sex abuse of juveniles in state custody
- State panel holds hearing on sex abuse in juvenile detention centers
- House and Senate Committees Gut Funding to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Juvenile Justice System
- Activists protest sexual abuse of incarcerated youth
- Urban violence summit held at Chicago State
- Summit on urban violence in Chicago eyes solutions
- Behavior ‘Stop and Frisk’ Stirs Up, Rather than Deters, Youth Crime
- You wouldn't know it, but Chicago isn't even close to the most dangerous city in America
- Making A Comeback For Kids
- More flexibility in juvenile court
- Scared Straight Continues, Despite Misgivings
- New law classifies 17-year-old offenders as juveniles
- Youth town hall generates solutions to stop Chicago violence
- Locking up juveniles may plant seeds of more crime
- Too Many Are Touched by the System
- Illinois House committee holds emergency hearing on reported youth prison sex abuse
- Reps. Davis, Rush plan summit on urban violence
- Area woman earns recognition
- The Potential Perils of the Youth PROMISE Act
- Therapy Helps Troubled Teens Rethink Crime
- Illinois’ Youth Well-Being Ranks Near Middle in New National Report
- Fewer kids in Illinois prisons – sexual assault and other problems remain
- Illinois ranks 5th in decreasing number of incarcerated youth
- Illinois: A Comeback State
- Champaign County’s Connie Kaiser Recognized as Juvenile Justice Champion
- System Failure: Sexual Victimization in Illinois Juvenile Prisons
- Throwing children in prison turns out to be a really bad idea
- WAIT program helps teens learn to control their anger
- Chicago Tactics Put Major Dent in Killing Trend
- Experts say Illinois youth prisons need independent ombudsman
- State review called for after study of sex assaults in Illinois youth prisons
- Prison a revolving door for many teens
- New Report Reveals Sexual Victimization Rates in U.S. Juvenile Facilities
- High rate of sexual assault at Joliet youth prison, survey finds
- ACLU Report Says Marijuana Laws Discriminate Against Blacks
- In Illinois, a Season of Restorative Justice
- Harper H.S. students meet Michelle Obama
- Cook County juvenile detention center adopts LGBTQ policy
- Cruel, Unusual, and a Matter of Law in Illinois
- How did Chicago cut gun violence after deadly year?
- Bad Food, a Bible, and a Blanket: 24 Hours in Juvenile Solitary Confinement
- Black Students Make Up 75 Percent of School-Linked Arrests, Study Says
- Policing Chicago Public Schools
- State lawmakers approve anti-truancy task force
- Looking at the Odds for Illinois’ Youngest Offenders – and the Efforts to Arrest Recidivism
- Prevent crime by giving children the right start
- Redeploy Illinois needs support
- Juvenile Justice shows progress
- Treat all 17-year-old offenders as juveniles, Illinois Senate votes