This report from The Sentencing Project highlights “raise the age” legislative successes across the country, underscoring that the use of youth confinement is not a necessary result of these legislative shifts. For the nine states that implemented raise the age legislation, only New York, North Carolina, and Louisiana added juvenile facilities that are still operating,…
This report from the Urban Institute features results from a survey of young people in four Chicago neighborhoods to “learn from young adults firsthand whether and why they decide to carry guns, how they acquire firearms, how they experience gun violence, and what they view as the best strategies to reduce gun carrying and promote safety in their communities.” From the report: …
This report from Justice Policy Institute highlights lessons learned from states that have raised the age of juvenile court jurisdiction, including Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Louisiana, Mississippi, and South Carolina. The report examines state fiscal data, juvenile legal system data, crime trends, confinement data, recidivism research, and case studies to draw conclusions about the…
This amici brief by Juvenile Law Center, Loyola Civitas Childlaw Clinic, and others argues automatic prosecution and mandatory sentencing of young people charged with felony murder is unconstitutional in light of recent Supreme Court case law as Illinois law does not allow for individual sentencing based on maturity and culpability. Furthemore, the brief argues the…
This amicus brief by Loyola Civitas ChildLaw Center, Juvenile Law Center, The Gault Center, and others argues there is a per se conflict of interest when a child’s defense attorney also acts as their guardian ad litem. The brief argues the guardian ad litem’s ethical and legal obligation to act in the child’s “best interest”…
This amicus brief by Juvenile Law Center and The Gault Center argues Illinois automatic transfer law does not comply with recent research and findings on adolescent development as recognized by the Supreme Court jurisprudence in Roper and Graham. Further, amici argue the state’s automatic transfer statute violates the proportionality clause of Article I, Section 11…
From the introduction: “This brief tells the story of how the four Models for Change states—Pennsylvania, Illinois, Louisiana, and Washington—are already moving to reform and reshape their own state juvenile justice systems. These states have demonstrated strong leadership in juvenile justice policy, value collaboration and engagement, and because of their efforts, have changed the political…
From the introduction: “In this Pathway we explore why youth of color are overrepresented in the juvenile detention system and review what has been done in some sites to reduce the number of minority youth in detention. Dealing with disparity in the use of detention has been one of the most challenging pieces of the…
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