The United States juvenile system processes more than 2.5 million juvenile arrests per year. However, for as many juveniles that enter...

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...

When addressing the development of our society’s youth, our go-to advice is “stay in school.” However, when it comes to incarcerated...

Courts should apply a child-centered mens rea analysis for all cases adjudicating juveniles, also known as the “reasonable child”...

In 2020, the Children’s Bureau at the Administration for Children and Families, a division of the United States Department of Health and...

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,...

According to Haley Walker’s article, School-to-Prison Pipeline, juvenile offenders are “ten times more likely” than the rest of the...

Maryland has been making changes to its juvenile legislation, and the state most recently passed the Juvenile Restoration Act (JRA),...

When the COVID-19 pandemic struck in March 2020, students across the country adapted to online, distance learning—a reality that...

The United States is the only country in the world that sentences children under the age of eighteen to life imprisonment. Juvenile life...

Prisoners who committed offenses in their youths are finally getting a second chance. D.C. recently passed the Second Look Amendment Act,...