Annie
Salsich

Blog Posts

  • New York City is signaling a real commitment to detaining fewer kids and making sure they get the care they need.

  • The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA) prohibits states that receive federal funds from placing status offenders—youth who exhibit troubling, but non-criminal, behaviors such as chronic truancy, incorrigibility, or running away—in locked juvenile detention or correctional facilities. A September 8 report by the National Coalition of Juvenile Justice draws attention to some of the challenges that jurisdictions face in complying with this particular requirement.

  • A recently published letter to Governor David Paterson from the U.S. Department of Justice presents a heartbreaking picture of events in four New York State juvenile correctional facilities. That’s why it is important to remember that there are also jurisdictions in this country that offer a better way of caring for youth in state custody.