This guide was developed by the Gault Center New England Region and offers key insights on sex offense registration requirements for youth based on the practice and experience of youth defense practitioners in New England states.
On October 22, 2019, the DOJ filed a Statement of Interest in a federal conditions lawsuit, filed on behalf of children with disabilities confined at the Woodside Juvenile Rehabilitation Center in Vermont. The DOJ highlighted language included in the federal First Step Act, 18 U.S.C. § 5043(b)(1) reiterating that juvenile isolation principles “explicitly prohibits the…
