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More jobs, less youth violence, data and experts say: Pathways to Peace

Olivera Perkins

June 09, 2016 |

Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

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Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

Programs run by the Volunteers of America and Ohio Means Jobs|Cleveland-Cuyahoga County focus on employment, not only as a workforce issue, but also as a way to keep young people out of trouble and lower youth violence. Such programs have the research to back them up. An analysis done for The Plain Dealer by Case Western Reserve University shows a correlation between the youth idle rate, based on teens who are neither in school nor working, and youth violence.

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A radical approach to gun crime: paying people not to kill each other

Jason Motlagh

June 09, 2016 |

The Guardian |

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Response Location: United States, Richmond, California

Richmond, California’s Office of Neighborhood Safety uses controversial monthly cash stipends among the incentives it gives to young men it’s trying to steer away from street violence. While the program's first years were associated with steep drops in shootings and homicides, critics question whether ONS deserves the credit and whether it can be replicated in other cities. A deep look at how it works finds evidence that it does make a positive difference while operating in a complex arena of advances and setbacks.

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Junior Jail: Surviving Mississippi's Juvenile Justice System

Maya Miller

June 08, 2016 |

Jackson Free Press |

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Response Location: United States, Jackson, Mississippi

Juvenile detention usually leads to worse outcomes for youth in the future, while Juvenile Detention Alternatives allow for decreases in detention populations and the likelihood that youth will stay trapped in the system for life.

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Henley-Young Must Release Kids After 21 Days; Some Disappearing?

Tim Summers, Jr.

June 08, 2016 |

Jackson Free Press |

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Response Location: United States, Jackson, Mississippi

A consent decree ensures juveniles are not held more than 21 days in a Jackson, Miss., facility that was the subject of a lawsuit over the number of children it held and the conditions they faced. But opponents, including a youth court judge, say this is not solving the underlying problems facing the young offenders and even the plaintiffs in the suit says the larger issue is the approach to juvenile justice in the state.

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Pathways to Peace: Healing Hurt People's small victories in Philly may translate to Cleveland

Brie Zeltner

June 07, 2016 |

Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Victims of violence that end up in the emergency room can return within two years with more injuries because of retaliation efforts. Philadelphia’s Healing Hurt People is a hospital-based violence intervention program that assists individuals who need medical care and mental health services. The hospital and social work collaboration helps reduce emergency room costs.

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What Cleveland can gain from New Haven's fight against gangs: Pathways to Peace

John Caniglia

June 06, 2016 |

Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

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Response Location: United States, New Haven, Connecticut

In New Haven community leaders and law enforcement joined hands to diminish gang violence. They created Project Longevity, and the research shows the program is successful. Gang shootings in the city have fallen from eight a month, to three.

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Job center inside House of Corrections gives inmates new opportunities

Gina Barton

June 05, 2016 |

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |

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Response Location: United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Job training is an invaluable resource to prisoners who may not have any other resources for such a thing. A new job center, established with a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Labor, aims to assist 1,000 Milwaukee County offenders over two years.

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How a Police Detective Helps Inmates Prepare to Live on the Outside

Simone Weichselbaum

June 02, 2016 |

The Marshall Project |

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Response Location: United States, Gig Harbor, Washington

In the United States, the incarcerated feel like they have no voices and their mistakes that led them to jail go unacknowledged. A documentary film spotlights the IF Project, a writing program that encourages female inmates and recently released felons to write down what they would have done to change the path they went on. With police and teachers as mentors, the convicted have support transitioning into society and can reflect on what they can do to change their lives for the better.

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What role did trauma-informed care play in alleged juvenile prison abuse?

Dee J. Hall

May 31, 2016 |

Wisconsin Watch |

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Response Location: United States, Wisconsin

To reduce violence and aggreesion trauma-informed care become the new standard in Wisconsin for juvenile corrections. However, at the two highlighted facillities there has been greater violence and an investigation of abuse, but supporters still contend that when trauma-informed care is implemented correctly it is successful.

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Machine Bias

Julia Angwin Jeff Larson

May 23, 2016 |

ProPublica |

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Response Location: United States

Risk assessments are supposed to make the criminal justice system better by predicting which defendants are likely to commit new crimes. Defendant scores are given to judges during criminal sentencing in nine states, and there’s a push to mandate their use in federal prisons. But the risk assessments aren’t accurate, only somewhat more reliable than a coin flip. Black defendants are falsely flagged as future criminals at a high rate while white defendants regularly get mislabeled as low risk.

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