Funds for mental health budgets were slashed a combined $4 billion from 2008 to 2012. However, in the wake of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School last December experts have watched that trend sharply reverse.
Report Urges Ban on Detaining Youth Status Offenders
They’re known as status offenders – youths who commit offenses that wouldn’t even be considered offenses but for their age: truancy, running away from home, curfew violations, alcohol or tobacco possession.
In and Out of the Boxing Ring, Two Men Confront Very Different Demons
For Alvin Valentine, it was a chance to fight for something other than his life. For Adam Friedman, it was a chance to face down a monster that had tormented him since childhood—fear.
Young, Indigenous and Imprisoned, Australia’s National Disgrace
The deep, systemic problems within Australia’s juvenile justice system.
A Better Way to Be in the World
John Lash believes that “people of all ages are looking for a better way to live, a better way to address struggle, and a better way to be in the world.”
Civil Lawsuit Settled by Firms Tied to Kids-For-Cash Scandal
The companies that owned and operated the two detention centers at the heart of the Luzerne County kids-for-cash judicial scandal have agreed to settle a civil lawsuit for $2.5 million.