Minnesota’s research on the positive relationship between social supports and lower recidivism rates joins a growing body of literature about the importance of family for those moving from incarceration to community.

Margaret diZerega writes that charging family members to visit incarcerated loved ones creates a barrier that flies in the face of research.

Through a pilot project in Ohio, juvenile parole officers are bringing laptops with webcams when they make routine home visits, allowing families to communicate with their incarcerated loved ones.

A webinar this week featured practical strategies for practitioners to involve family members of the young people they work with.

The Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana's new publication makes recommendations to address the needs of LGBT youth.

A new report from the Coalition for Juvenile Justice describes how a strength-based approach can play an important role in successful justice interventions for young people.

A recent article from Colorado highlights an important problem facing counties across the United States: the high cost of incarcerating individuals who, despite their undesirable behavior, pose little or no risk to public safety.

Last week I was in Fort Worth, Texas, at the invitation of Mercy Heart, a nonprofit organization that “assists families and children of inmates through and beyond the transitions of incarceration.”