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Juvenile justice reform articles, press releases and opinion essays featuring Models for Change states, networks and partners/grantees

Stolen Futures - Seventeen: 8/31/2010 by The Chicago Reporter; by Angela Caputo; As police pinned Derrick Reed to the hood of a squad car, one thought raced through his mind: “Oh, man. I’m going to go away. I’m 17 now.” The East Garfield Park teen’s…
Illinois Governor Quinn Signs “Sexting” Law: 7/19/2010 by Illinois Statehouse News; by Kevin Lee; (Illinois Models for Change note: The Juvenile Justice Initiative and other Illinois Models for Change partners helped educate lawmakers about the need to revise sex offender laws and provide…
Reform Helps Ease Overcrowding: 7/9/2010 by The Shreveport Times; by Loresha Wilson; SHREVEPORT, La. — Caddo Juvenile Detention Center's small cell blocks are reserved mostly for teens charged with armed robbery, sex crimes and other violent felony offenses. Despite a reported…
Legislation Would Set Standard for Juvenile Detention: 6/17/2010 by The News Star; by Matthew Hamilton; The Louisiana Legislature has passed a bill that would set standards for juvenile detention facilities, one of the long-deferred promises from the state's landmark juvenile justice reform…
Months After Killing, Chicago School Looks Ahead: 6/1/2010 by NPR; by Cheryl Corley; More than eight months after the horrific beating death of Chicago teenager Derrion Albert, students and officials at Fenger Academy say the climate at the high school has changed for the better.

Experts Recommend Improvements In Identifying and Treating Youth with Behavioral Health Needs in Illinois Youth Centers: 7/29/2010; by Illinois Models for Change; A team of independent experts reviewing programming at the request of the Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) director Kurt Friedenauer reported Thursday that Illinois has made some progress in…

Opinion: Young Offenders are Different: 8/27/2010 by The News-Star (Monroe, Louisiana); by Dana Kaplan; Currently in Louisiana there are 897 individuals behind bars for crimes committed as juveniles. Of these 897, almost half, 394, were prosecuted as adults, bypassing the juvenile justice system…
Editorial: Recommit to Serving Troubled Teens: 8/3/2010 by The Daily Herald; It's been nearly a year since a 16-year-old boy took his own life inside a state youth prison in St. Charles. Nearly a year to look at what went wrong. Nearly a year for change to happen. We've…

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