Sentences with phrase «juvenile justice commission»

This project was supported by Grant # 09 - JF - FX - 0048, awarded to the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice by the Illinois Department of Human Services for the Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission.

«It is the Juvenile Justice Commission's goal to provide our residents with the skills they need to be successful when they return home, said Kevin M. Brown, Executive Director.

Not exact matches

The commission is tasked with serving up concrete recommendations about raising the age and juvenile justice reform by December.

For juvenile offenders, the Cuomo - appointed Commission on Youth, Public Safety and Justice is recommending raising the age of criminal responsibility in New York from 16 to 18, shifting nonviolent offenses for those under 18 to family court, and keeping young people out of adult jails, WCBS 880's Paul Murnane reported.

Mark - Viverito said her commission to «explore a community - based justice model» would be led by retired state court of Appeals Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman, a champion of bail and juvenile justice reform.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's effort to hold the attention of the people of New York and its lawmakers continued into its second week on Monday with two more detailed presentations on elements of his «Opportunity Agenda»: reforms to the juvenile justice system and the proposed creation of a commission to decide on salary increases for lawmakers and top state officials.

Working alongside LA County's Probation Department, Department of Mental Health, Department of Public Works and LA County Office of Education, the LA County Arts Commission began partnering with the Arts for Incarcerated Youth Network (AIYN) to bring arts education to youth involved in the juvenile justice system.

The Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice (CCJJ) sets evaluation criteria for the JNC and had at one point included diversity as one criteria.

February 6, 2017 — «The Utah Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice is seeking $ 1.5 million in one - time funding to support legal defense for Utahns who can't afford it.

The law also makes the state education commissioner and the secretaries of the departments of Children and Families, Juvenile Justice and Health Care Administration ex officio, non-voting members of the commission.

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The Government is emphasising its «swift and decisive» action in establishing a Royal Commission into abuse in juvenile justice in the NT — but there are widespread concerns that a lack of proper process will undermine the effectiveness of the Commission.

However she was hopeful at prospects for next year's targets given a new spirit of engagement and cooperation from the Federal Government over the past six months, mostly since the announcement of the Royal Commission into abuses in the Northern Territory juvenile justice system.

The Lowitja Institute welcomes the swift action by the Federal Government in announcing a Royal Commission into Northern Territory juvenile detention in response to the brutal treatment of children detained in the Northern Territory criminal justice system, aired in the ABC Four Corners program on Monday 25 July.

* Updated with comments from Social Justice Commissioner Mick Gooda * The Government is emphasising its «swift and decisive» action in establishing a Royal Commission into abuse in juvenile ju... Read more

Anderson, who is chair of the Lowitja Institute, issued a strong appeal to the Royal Commission that its inquiry into abuse of Aboriginal young people in juvenile justice does not result in a report that gets shelved like so many vital investigations into issues affecting Indigenous people in Australia.

«A Royal Commission will put the spotlight on juvenile justice, and related health issues, and ensure that the inhumane treatment exposed by Four Corners never occurs in Australia again.

The organisation has recently been working to raise awareness of the mental health effects of racism on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with their Invisible Discriminator campaign, but has made no public comment about the allegations of abuse on the NT juvenile justice system or the need for a Royal Commission.

The individuals and organisations releasing statements yesterday were in favour of a wide - ranging examination of the NT Juvenile Justice system, with some, including the Change the Record coalition, the National Family Violence Prevention Legal Services and the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) pointing out that the problems were not confined to one Australian Territory, and the Commission should lead to a national examination of both the conditions of juvenile detention and the factors playing into the unacceptably high number of Indigenous children and youth inJuvenile Justice system, with some, including the Change the Record coalition, the National Family Violence Prevention Legal Services and the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) pointing out that the problems were not confined to one Australian Territory, and the Commission should lead to a national examination of both the conditions of juvenile detention and the factors playing into the unacceptably high number of Indigenous children and youth injuvenile detention and the factors playing into the unacceptably high number of Indigenous children and youth in prison.

NSW Aboriginal Land Council Chair Roy Ah - See said Bill Leak's cartoon — based on the Royal Commission into the shocking mistreatment of children in the Northern Territory juvenile justice system — insulted and denigrated Aboriginal people.

Understanding this, the Annie E. Casey Foundation commissioned the FrameWorks Institute to reanalyze its research base on the communications aspects of criminal justice, youth development, and race equity to recommend framing strategies to advance juvenile justice reform.

Ms Mundine said that while the commission's inquiry related specifically to the Northern Territory, there is ample evidence that reforms are urgently needed across juvenile justice systems Australia - wide.

From there, I was promoted to working in the juvenile justice field and ultimately was responsible for overseeing the entire Texas Youth Commission Parole Division in Williamson County, Texas.

The article shares how the Texas Youth Commission has adapted PBIS for juvenile justice settings across Texas.