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Madelyn Nessler
Apr 9, 20243 min read
Unlocking opportunities: The role of education in juvenile reentry.
The United States juvenile system processes more than 2.5 million juvenile arrests per year. However, for as many juveniles that enter...
Kimberly Tanner
Apr 9, 20244 min read
Secure D.C.: The omnibus crime bill and its impact on D.C. youth.
On March 11, 2024, Mayor Muriel Bowser signed the Secure D.C. Omnibus Amendment Act of 2024 into law. More commonly known as the “Secure...
Kimia Hosseinkhani
Mar 20, 20243 min read
Educating incarcerated youth
When addressing the development of our society’s youth, our go-to advice is “stay in school.” However, when it comes to incarcerated...
Caitlyn Greene
Apr 26, 20234 min read
Juvenile brains are different, their mens rea analysis should be too
Courts should apply a child-centered mens rea analysis for all cases adjudicating juveniles, also known as the “reasonable child”...
Jaxzia Perez
Feb 24, 20233 min read
The foster care-to-prison pipeline: A road to incarceration
In 2020, the Children’s Bureau at the Administration for Children and Families, a division of the United States Department of Health and...
Kirsten Rowe
Jul 24, 20223 min read
Influence of childhood trauma on perpetrators of mass shootings
In yet another mass shooting, a teenage gunman took the lives of 13 individuals at Tops Friendly Market in Buffalo, New York on May 14,...
Jackie Solomon
May 27, 20223 min read
Visitation: Can it do more for juvenile offenders?
According to Haley Walker’s article, School-to-Prison Pipeline, juvenile offenders are “ten times more likely” than the rest of the...
Breann Bell
May 25, 20223 min read
How HB 459 will update Maryland’s outdated juvenile legal system
Maryland has been making changes to its juvenile legislation, and the state most recently passed the Juvenile Restoration Act (JRA),...
Danielle Davis
Feb 26, 20223 min read
Rebranding the school to prison pipeline: From classroom to Zoom room
When the COVID-19 pandemic struck in March 2020, students across the country adapted to online, distance learning—a reality that...
Isabel Hagood
Aug 7, 20214 min read
The path to ending juvenile life without parole
The United States is the only country in the world that sentences children under the age of eighteen to life imprisonment. Juvenile life...
Madison Howard
Mar 22, 20213 min read
Second chances: A look at D.C.’s second look act
Prisoners who committed offenses in their youths are finally getting a second chance. D.C. recently passed the Second Look Amendment Act,...
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