Sentences with phrase «in youth incarceration»

The result: Connecticut, once a national leader in youth incarceration, has seen the number of jailed children drop dramatically.

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Cited in Father Absence and Youth Incarceration.

Even after controlling for income, youths in father - absent households still had significantly higher odds of incarceration than those in mother - father families.

In its resolution, the IDC includes language «that the state should assist in ensuring that 16 and 17 year olds receive the treatment and programming they need in order to avoid the repeated cycle of mass incarceration that many of our youth experience todaIn its resolution, the IDC includes language «that the state should assist in ensuring that 16 and 17 year olds receive the treatment and programming they need in order to avoid the repeated cycle of mass incarceration that many of our youth experience todain ensuring that 16 and 17 year olds receive the treatment and programming they need in order to avoid the repeated cycle of mass incarceration that many of our youth experience todain order to avoid the repeated cycle of mass incarceration that many of our youth experience today.

CANTON — With plans to build a youth detention center in St. Lawrence County stalled, officials have submitted a plan to the state to deal with expected uptick in juvenile offenders focusing on alternatives to incarceration.

The measure would require most teenagers convicted of many, but not all, violent and other serious felonies to be treated as minors, which can include a youth or family court venue and juvenile incarceration rather than in general prisons, according to the Raise the Age Campaign.

We will not allow New York to treat our teenagers like criminals in criminal court or continue the tradition of mass incarceration of our youth and the 8 members of the IDC will not vote for a budget in the absence of Raise the Age.»

If elected, Mr. Giardina pledged to evaluate current law enforcement programs and policies for interdiction and intervention; support 12 - step programs for addiction recovery; double the number of children and teenagers involved in after - school and sports programs sponsored by schools and faith and community - based groups; establish mentorship, apprenticeship, and internship programs that link East Hampton's youth with year - round homeowners and those who visit seasonally; create a volunteer program for those in recovery to be reintegrated into the job market; triple the number of police, firefighters, educators, and medical personnel trained to administer Narcan, and investigate the establishment of an easy - access residential treatment facility available as an alternative or supplement to incarceration.

However, instead of using the same unsuccessful «one size fits all» solutions, the proposal before you calls for the creation of special Youth Parts of the adult courts that would offer appropriate sentences and services for young people, including incarceration,» the sheriffs wrote in the letter.

«Having personal experience with the criminal justice system and now working with at - risk youth to develop consequential thinking skills, this population is extremely vulnerable to the negative influences and trauma of incarceration, resulting in re-offending and potentially prolonged mental and social instability,» explained M.A.D.E Transitional Services Executive Director Toney Earl, Jr..

We will not allow New York to treat our teenagers like criminals in criminal court or continue the tradition of mass incarceration of our youth and the eight members of the IDC will not vote for a budget in the absence of Raise the Age.»

Men and women in white collars started to trickle in, saying hello to their fellow activists who showed up to speak out against the youth incarceration.

Hundreds of NDC youth in the Sissala East constituency last Monday embarked on a peaceful procession in Tumu to register their displeasure about the incarceration of two executives of the party and to welcome the convicts from their one week jail term.

Albany, NY — Youth advocates are calling for an overhaul of New York State's Juvenile Justice System Capital District Bureau Chief Dave Lucas investigates the call to action to stop the funneling of minority youth down life - paths that often lead to arrest, conviction, incarceration and, in some cases, Youth advocates are calling for an overhaul of New York State's Juvenile Justice System Capital District Bureau Chief Dave Lucas investigates the call to action to stop the funneling of minority youth down life - paths that often lead to arrest, conviction, incarceration and, in some cases, youth down life - paths that often lead to arrest, conviction, incarceration and, in some cases, death

The organization strongly believes in one - to - one long - term mentoring relationships with the goal of providing positivity and support to youths who want to turn their lives around after being released from incarceration.

Also a former teacher, Hecker focused on teens, and on working in communities and with youth facing incarceration.

Jeremy Robins / Echoes of Incarceration provides training in documentary filmmaking and activism for youth with incarcerated parents.

The exhibition addresses the push back that is occurring in communities nationwide around issues such as water access and safety, marginalization of the poor, the murder and incarceration of African American youth, and decay of urban infrastructure.

By comparison, the incarceration rate in England and Wales was 148, and in the United States the adult rate stood at 738 (the United States excludes youth from its rate)».

We join with the Annie E. Casey Foundation in raising awareness of the declining youth incarceration rate in the United States.

Skye Bullen, the Community Data Manager from the Maranguka Justice Reinvestment Project in Bourke told the symposium how the Maranguka project uses a community - based participatory research approach to reduce the high rate of Aboriginal children and young people's offending, reoffending and incarceration in adult prison and youth detention.

Aboriginal Australians make up 3 % of the Australian population and have a life expectancy over 10 years less than that of non-Aboriginal Australians.3 The small amount of evidence available suggests that Australian Aboriginal children and adolescents experience higher levels of mental health - related harm than other young people4, 5 including suicide rates that are several times higher than that of non-Aboriginal Australian youth.4, 6 These high levels of harm are linked to greater exposure to many of the known risk factors for poor mental health and to the pervasive trauma and grief, which continues to be experienced by Aboriginal peoples due to the legacy of colonisation.7, 8 Loss of land and culture has played a major role in the high rates of premature mortality, incarceration and family separations currently experienced by Aboriginal peoples.

With youth incarceration, there are different views about what has happened and what needs to happen in the future.

There are similarities with our work in suicide prevention and with youth and incarceration in the Northern Territory --- particularly the Royal Commission into Youth Detenyouth and incarceration in the Northern Territory --- particularly the Royal Commission into Youth DetenYouth Detention.

While it is clearly critical that abusive individuals and systems in the NT are held to account, there are suggestions it will be a missed opportunity if the Royal Commission does not examine some of the wider issues, including the need to prevent and reduce incarceration of Indigenous youth in the first place.

Possibly due to the greatly increased surveillance of youths in drug court, however, these relative reductions in antisocial behavior did not translate to corresponding decreases in re-arrest or incarceration.

In comparison with youth who received usual juvenile justice services (high rates of incarceration), youths who received MST showed improved family cohesion, improved peer relations, decreased recidivism (43 %), and decreased incarceration (64 %).

CCC Staff participate in collaborative partnerships including Alternatives to Incarceration (ATI) San Diego, Opportunity Network, CAST, San Diego Compassion Project, SDPD Southeastern Division Juvenile diversion, SDDA CARE and community youth court, and Community Mentor Certificate Program of Alliant University.

Delia began her career in mentoring at Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City, where she managed a mentoring program for youth impacted by the incarceration of a parent, supported effective relationship - building for mentors and mentees, and provided case management to mentees» families.

In recent years, however, there has been an increase in detentions among this population, signaling a shift away from deinstitutionalization and toward incarceration to address non-criminal youth behaviors, many of which are tied to troubled home environments and unmet mental health, learning, or other needIn recent years, however, there has been an increase in detentions among this population, signaling a shift away from deinstitutionalization and toward incarceration to address non-criminal youth behaviors, many of which are tied to troubled home environments and unmet mental health, learning, or other needin detentions among this population, signaling a shift away from deinstitutionalization and toward incarceration to address non-criminal youth behaviors, many of which are tied to troubled home environments and unmet mental health, learning, or other needs.

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.

Cynthia Harper of the University of Pennsylvania and Sara S. McLanahan of Princeton University cited in «Father Absence and Youth Incarceration.»