RICHMOND, Va. (NEWSPLEX) -- A new report outlines steps the Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice , the Task Force on Juvenile Correction Centers and the community across the Commonwealth can take to keep families intact and communities safe. The Reinvest…
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — As Virginia reconsiders how it incarcerates kids, a new report reveals startling new data about the cost and effectiveness of the Commonwealth’s Juvenile Correctional Facilities. It’s a controversial topic 8News has been investigating for months. $42…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Tuesday, July 12, 2016 MEDIA CONTACT: Xakota Espinoza, xakota.espinoza@berlinrosen.com, 646-517-1810 RISE for Youth Releases Recommendations for Transforming Virginia’s Juvenile Justice System Report calls for re-investing in community-based alternatives as cost-effective key to reducing recidivism, improving…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: May 31, 2016 Jeree Thomas, Esq. JustChildren Program, Legal Aid Justice Center 804-521-7310 | jeree@justice4all.org Coalition Calls on Task Force to Consider Smaller Facilities, Continuum of Community-Based Care for Youth. & Include Impacted Youth, Families, Communities …
Image from the Performing Statistics Project The Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice is holding both task force meetings and town halls on the future of juvenile justice in Virginia. These are critical opportunities to share your perspective on how Virginia…
Advocacy Network Launch Block Party The Youth for RISE Advocacy Network is for youth and young adults ages 13-24 in the Richmond metro area who have personally experienced the juvenile justice system or who are interested in improving the juvenile…
Open Forum Author: Liz Buchanan On April 20, the Virginia General Assembly and Gov. Terry McAuliffe agreed to spend about $40 million on a new juvenile prison in Chesapeake. This money was allocated despite research that overwhelmingly shows that jailing…
VIRGINIA’S JUVENILE prisons are failing all of us. The young people coming out of these prisons are worse off for the time they spent there. Their families are stressed and broken by the separation from their children and the…
Images from the exhibit “Juvenile In Justice” by photographer Richard Ross were on display at the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno, Nevada. (AP Photo / Scott Sonner) For as long as youth prisons have existed in the United States,…
Photo of March 11th event in Norfolk, VA Family Meeting School to Prison Pipeline Date: April 19th at 6pm Location: Union United Church of Christ | 877 Goff Street, Norfolk, VA Have you or someone you care about been impacted…
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