by Gabriel Alkhdour | May 1, 2018 | Law and Justice
The juvenile justice system in the United States is ineffective, harmful and extremely expensive. It does not work, it makes youth worse, and it costs too much. The traditional correctional model of juvenile justice is punitive and adversarial. Youth are removed from...
by Gabriel Alkhdour | Apr 1, 2018 | Law and Justice
The juvenile justice system in the United States is ineffective, harmful and extremely expensive. It does not work, it makes youth worse, and it costs too much. The traditional correctional model of juvenile justice is punitive and adversarial. Youth are removed from...
by Gabriel Alkhdour | Mar 11, 2018 | Law and Justice
When the Supreme Court banned capital punishment for crimes that were committed when a defendant was under the age of 18, it ruled that “standards of decency” had evolved to recognize that a juvenile’s “lack of maturity and an underdeveloped sense of responsibility”...
by Gabriel Alkhdour | Feb 18, 2018 | Law and Justice
Last year’s civil rights survey by the Department of Education revealed some disturbing trends: Out-of-school suspensions for black students are common for preschoolers and a pattern of disciplining black students more than white students is consistent from...
by Gabriel Alkhdour | Dec 2, 2017 | Law and Justice
This blog is a part of a series dedicated to celebrate JPI’s 20th Anniversary. Bart Lubow’s piece is excerpted from comments he delivered at the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI) conference in Orlando, Florida in April 2017...
by Gabriel Alkhdour | Oct 30, 2017 | Law and Justice
When you’re a kid in trouble, it’s easy to feel cornered—by neighborhood bullies, by domineering teachers, by parents who make you feel unwanted at home. But when teens feel like life is closing in on them, why does the government keep wanting to put them in cages? To...
