Sentences with phrase «for youth prison»

BMW's Benoit Jacob told us in an exclusive interview that hybrid and electric technologies are changing the way cars are designed and a US - based student designed a range of furniture for youth prison cells.

Not exact matches

Isaacs set himself up for post-prison opportunities by attending many programs offered at the prison, including «educational, vocational, life skills, aggression replacement, drug and alcohol prevention, business planning, stress management, youth awareness and delinquent intervention.»

Youth for Christ has called believers to befriend young offenders in prison or send them letters, saying... More

Why indeed is there such a lamentable shortage of leaders for youth organizations, of prison visitors, of doctors willing to go to the disease - ridden parts of the world?

Members of the Order represent the Church at the great prison at Sing Sing and were instrumental in founding the Church Mission of Help, now a casework service usually known as the Episcopal Service for Youth.

I had a somewhat busy day sitting in on four prison adjudications, accommodating a carpet fitter and a tree surgeon and rushing to the Arsenal for this the second leg of their FA Youth Cup semi - final against Blackpool.

Hoeness, who was reinstated as the club's president last year, oversaw Bayern's youth academy while on parole during a 20 - month prison sentence for tax evasion.

The top dentist for New York's youth prisons has pleaded guilty to official misconduct stemming from his arrest in November on charges that he said he was working on state time while he was actually treating patients at his private practices in Amsterdam and Saratoga Springs.

Since moving to Washington Heights 34 years ago, Estrella, a John Jay College and New York Law School grad, said that he has helped immigrants apply for affordable housing and keep Hispanic youth out of prison.

The governor said he would seek to block 16 and 17 - year - olds found guilty of a crime from going into state prisons, and would instead attempt to create a separate system for those youth.

Similar concerns have been echoed by experts across the sector, including the Prison Reform Trust, the Standing Committee for Youth Justice, and the Howard League for Penal Reform.

But when Cuomo, in late 2016, commuted sentences for seven felons, pardoned five others, and conditionally pardoned 101 nonviolent youth offenders, Roskoff offered fulsome praise: «We are excited to see that these elderly individuals receiving clemency will not have to die in prison.

The U.S. Department of Justice has reported that youths held in adult facilities are five times more likely to be sexually assaulted and Building Blocks for Youth, an initiative to promote a fair juvenile justice system, has said youths in those facilities are twice as likely to be injured by prison staff.

He is the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Reigate constituency in Surrey, and from May 2010 to September 2012 he was the Parliamentary Under - Secretary of State for Prisons and Youth Justice within the Ministry of Justice.

Democrats are in favor of leniency and they want a more narrow definition of violent crime, so that youth do not go to prison for throwing rocks in windows, per The New York Times.

When Senate Republicans balked at raising the age for teenagers accused of serious crimes to be sent to state prison from 16 to 18, Cuomo issued an executive order to remove 16 - and 17 - year - olds from the jails and place them in youth detention instead.

ALBANY — Gov. - elect Andrew Cuomo made news earlier this week when he visited the empty Tryon Residential Center for Boys and decried the fact that there were still 30 state workers there, although there had been no youths in the Johnstown youth prison since July.

Researchers from Orygen, the National Centre of Excellence for Youth Mental Health; the University of Melbourne; Port Phillip Prison and University Hospital of Gran Canaria Dr Negrin, Spain, have shown that childhood sexual, physical and emotional abuse are associated with severe hallucinations in schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders.

She has taught in prisons, specialized in pre-natal yoga, and supported programs for vulnerable youth.

The pitch: Sentenced to six years in prison, a 19 year - old Arab youth ascends the power ranks of the reigning gang, learning to fend for himself in the process.

I visited an MTO youth in prison, incarcerated for attempted murder after a childhood filled with drug - addicted parents, lead poisoning, and school suspensions.

That is why I joined with the Alliance for Quality Education and the Urban Youth Collaborative to ask you to send this petition to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan calling on him to stop funding the Kindergarten to prison pipeline.

This report describes how states can focus their ESSA plans on enhancing equity in their education systems to leverage greater success for historically underserved youth and disrupt the school - to - prison pipeline.

Travis Hill School is named in honor of the New Orleans musician who served nine years in prison for armed robbery before dedicating his life to uplifting youth through music and entertainment.

Reverend Samuel Casey, Executive Director, explains that COPE hopes to develop a strong partnership with both the school system and parents in order to «close the pipeline from playground to prison» for so many of San Bernardino's youth.

The #YouthDemand statement highlights the already deeply entrenched «school - to - prison pipeline,» and makes a compelling demand for reforms for school safety and gun control that do not involve increased policing, surveillance and doubling down on policies that criminalize of youth of color at their schools.

Learn what the Wyoming Afterschool Alliance is doing to reduce the School - to - Prison Pipeline through afterschool programs and prevention / early intervention for children and youth K - 12.

Darryl, in what ways do discriminatory discipline practices perpetuate school to prison pipeline issues, and what are the consequences for today's youth?

For too long, «tough on crime» policies have deliberately targeted our black, brown, and working class communities — ICE is tearing apart families, our youth are being criminalized in school and treated as adults by our overzealous criminal justice system, and the legal system's reliance on cash bail continues to overcrowd our prisons, keeping the House of Correction facility open despite its notoriety for its decrepit conditioFor too long, «tough on crime» policies have deliberately targeted our black, brown, and working class communities — ICE is tearing apart families, our youth are being criminalized in school and treated as adults by our overzealous criminal justice system, and the legal system's reliance on cash bail continues to overcrowd our prisons, keeping the House of Correction facility open despite its notoriety for its decrepit conditiofor its decrepit conditions.

In this context, it is critical for the opt - out / boycott movement to be consistent and clear: Not only do these tests narrow the curriculum, kill creativity, and degrade the quality of education for everyone, they also funnel black and brown youth into prison in unprecedented numbers.

Forensic pathologist, Kay Scarpetta visits an inmate at the Georgia Prison For Women, a woman who sexually assaulted Scarpetta's now - deceased deputy chief, Jack Fielding, in his youth, and bore his daughter, who herself became a brilliant and vicious murderess.

Programs include: Prison and Community Outreach Program (PCOP), the Adult Court Legal Information Program, the Youth Court Work Program, the Community Awareness Program for Immigrants (CAPI), the Aboriginal Cultural Support Program, Berkana and Sabrina House, and the Volunteer Program.

Youth Court initiatives are exercises in restorative justice, using positive peer pressure to reshape student behavior and interrupt the school - to - prison pipeline by providing an alternative to suspension for students who commit minor offenses.

The Education Practice Group advocates for appropriate and meaningful educational opportunities for children in poverty, including a focus on discipline cases and disrupting the school to prison pipeline, particularly for African American and Latino youth who are disproportionately impacted by these policies.

I have worked in residential facilities for at - risk youth, schools, prisons, churches and private practices.»

I see this in many of our children who are over-represented in the child protection and youth justice systems, often creating the foundations for their future admission to the prison system.

Imprisonment is expensive: per year, prison beds cost some $ 100,000 for adults and some $ 200,000 in youth justice.

It makes for a terrible pathway to prison: according to Victoria's Youth Parole Board, 62 per cent of its clients are or have been under Child Protection.

Coming up next in the series: • Findings of the Ombudsman's investigation into rehabilitation prospects in Victoria's overcrowded prisons • The Koori cultural program for young Aboriginal people in the Melbourne Youth Justice Centre at Parkville.

Moreover, the need for the identification of incarcerated youth with ADHD and / or learning disabilities as well as prison staff training are discussed.

He teaches family therapy at the Center for Multicultural Training in Psychology, Boston Medical Center; is a founding Board Member of Artsbridge, a leadership training program for Palestinian, Israeli, and American youth, a Board member of American Family Therapy Academy, a founding member of the Boston Institute for Culturally Affirming Practices, and an informal consultant to restorative justice efforts in Massachusetts Prisons.

Key actions of Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery include: • Introduction of a pilot supervised injecting facility in Dublin's city centre; • Establishment of a Working Group to examine alternative approaches to the possession for personal use of small quantities of illegal drugs; • Funding for a programme to promote community awareness of alcohol - related harm; • A new targeted youth services scheme for young people at risk of substance misuse in socially and economically disadvantaged communities; • Expansion of drug and alcohol addiction services, including residential services; • Recruitment of 4 Clinical Nurse Specialists and 2 Young Persons Counsellors to complement HSE multi-disciplinary teams for under 18s; • Recruitment of 7 additional drug - liaison midwives to support pregnant women with alcohol dependency; • Establishment of a Working Group to explore ways of improving progression options for people exiting treatment, prison or community employment schemes, with a view to developing a new programme of supported care and employment.

On the back of a large body of research which shows restraint tactics are not effective, there are growing calls to eliminate the use of restraints in youth detention, prisons, schools and in services for people with intellectual disabilities.

Also launched with a boost from the Obama administration: A campaign spearheaded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation and the Harvard Kennedy School's Program in Criminal Justice is calling for closure of all the remaining youth prisons in the United States, meaning large - scale, high - security incarceration facilities.

Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2017 (H.R. 1809 / S.860): This legislation provides protections for juveniles and ensures that public dollars are invested in a continuum of trauma - informed care and alternatives to incarceration and detention as a way to help dismantle the school to prison pipeline, reduce crime, and improve youth outcomes.

The $ 132 billion spending proposal includes notable investments in education for foster youth in the state; a new home visiting program for moms receiving welfare; and a bid to divert some young adults from prisons into juvenile facilities.

Obama must know, or should know, that the «father deficit» is the single most reliable predictor for children's diminished self - esteem, behavioural problems, poor grades and truancy, early school dropout, juvenile delinquency (85 % of youth in prison have an absent father), gang membership, promiscuity, teen pregnancy, risk of sexual abuse, substance abuse and homelessness.