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  • Youth Judge Now Adhering To Fed Regs

    August 17, 2016 |

    Jackson Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Jackson, Mississippi

    In 2012, Hinds County passed a consent decree that restricted the amount of time youth spent detained at the Henley Young Juvenile Justice Center, also limiting the mental health resources that can help offenders. However, the courts passed this legislation without the input of the youth court judge, who had noted problems with the early dismissal of youths. In 2016, the youth-court judge filed a motion and compromised with the Henley Young Detention Center to adjust the policies in the consent decree and now better serves the youth court system.

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  • Climate scientists trained to be on hot seat

    August 04, 2016 |

    Minnesota Public Radio |

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    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, St. Paul, Minnesota

    Testimony from scientists can be crucial for lawmakers, judges, and juries in making critical decisions that impact their communities. The Expert Witness Training Academy program at Mitchell Hamline School of Law pairs scientists with lawyers to improve their communication techniques - from tone of voice to using more colloquial diction - so that these experts can better inform the public on complex topics like climate change.

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  • Chronically Absent: Is Quality Education in Juvenile Detention Possible in Mississippi?

    July 27, 2016 |

    Jackson Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Pelahatchie, Mississippi

    Many years of work to improve juvenile-detention centers in Mississippi may curb recidivism rates by increasing the quality of life in detention. Despite those efforts, however, centers might still be unable to give detained students what they need the most—a quality education.

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  • ‘Microcosm of the city': Garfield High principal navigates racial divide

    June 25, 2016 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    After leading Seattle’s storied Garfield High School for more than a decade, Principal Ted Howard is having a crisis of conscience, wondering if his hard line with youth of color is hurting the very students he most wants to help.

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  • Campaigning to Make India's Roads Safer

    June 21, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: India

    In India, failing road safety and accident respondent systems have created a nationwide crisis. SaveLife Foundation is addressing these problems head on, through outreach, legal battles, and innovative solutions to ineffective government policy.

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  • The Proven Way to Keep More Innocent Teens From Confessing to Murder (and Why Police Won't Adopt It)

    June 17, 2016 |

    TakePart |

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    Response Location: Canada

    Standard interrogation, the Reid Technique, which includes badgering and lying to suspects until they confess, is psychological torture, especially for the young and mentally frail. In order to combat false confessions and try to get to the truth, the PEACE method uses psychological foundations to offer an alternative technique of interrogation.

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  • Federal gun prosecutions fall, even as Milwaukee crime rises

    June 11, 2016 |

    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |

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    Response Location: United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    With shooting deaths soaring in Milwaukee, gun cases have swamped the county courts, but there has been no similar spike in federal firearm prosecutions. In fact, the opposite occurred last year.

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  • Pathways to Peace: 11 lessons learned

    June 09, 2016 |

    Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    Cleveland has struggled through the years to reduce youth violence. But important lessons have been learned, here and elsewhere. City officials say they are factoring those lessons into their latest plans to reduce violence among young men in the city.

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

    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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  • Junior Jail: Surviving Mississippi's Juvenile Justice System

    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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