Sentences with phrase «on juvenile justice»

This submission provides an overview of law and justice issues relating to Indigenous children, with a focus on juvenile justice, diversionary programs, public order laws, mandatory sentencing schemes as well as Indigenous community justice mechanisms and partnership agreements 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.

During her time at Cornell, she has co-supervised clinical projects on Juvenile Justice and Domestic Violence in two of the law school's clinics.

A few years after he took the bench, he had attended a bar association event on juvenile justice to obtain the required continuing education credits, but mistook the starting time and arrived too early, just when the cocktails were being served.

He was recently invited by the White House to lecture on juvenile justice, and is currently working with high school students to create dialogues around justice.

The topic will be Art + Social Justice, with a focus on juvenile justice.

Derek is a member of the American Correctional Association and the Correctional Education Association where he serves on the Juvenile Justice Committee.

Alfred S. Regnery, administrator of the Justice Department's office of juvenile jus - tice and delinquency prevention, told members of the Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice that the department is examining the Supreme Court's landmark 1975 student - rights decision, Wood v. Strickland, to determine whether it is possible to change the federal statute on which the...

There, Kupchik coordinated several research projects on juvenile justice, all of which he describes as «bigger than a dissertation.»

The IDC has touted their policy victories in a Republican - controlled Senate, which includes multiple minimum wage increases and, just this year, an agreement on juvenile justice reform through raising the age of criminal responsibility.

At the same time, issues with no expiration date are yet to be sorted out: The education tax credit remains in the talks, while some state lawmakers continue to hold out hope for a compromise on juvenile justice reform.

Tuesday's City Council schedule will include a meeting of the Committee on Juvenile Justice, jointly with the Committee on General Welfare and the Committee on Women's Issues for a preliminary budget hearing.

State lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo could not reach a deal on juvenile justice reform in the state budget, but are planning to fund the proposed change to the age of criminal responsibility in the state budget.

The issue has been difficult to pass through the GOP - led Senate in the years since Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed changes based on a juvenile justice report he received.

At 6 p.m., the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative of Erie County and the state Office of Children and Family Services convenes a community conversation on juvenile justice, Delavan - Grider Community Center, 877 E. Delavan Ave., Buffalo.

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He describes Browder as a «modern - day prophet» and his death having gave way to a discussion on the American criminal justice system's destructive treatment of impoverished black juveniles.

A Miami Herald series on abuses in the Florida juvenile justice system is a finalist for the 2018 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting, the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard's Kennedy School announced Wednesday.

But she added the meeting was held in part to brief her on the efforts for juvenile justice reform through raising the age of criminal responsibility to 18.

And IDC is backing calls for juvenile justice reform, spending more on Foundation Aid for education and provide legal assistance for immigrants.

At 1 p.m., Sens. Jeff Klein, Jesse Hamilton, Jose Peralta, Tony Avella, Diane Savino, Marisol Alcantara, joined by Akeem Browder and criminal justice advocates, will call on NYC to plan to remove juveniles from Rikers Island within a year as required by recently passed Raise the Age legislation, 250 Broadway, Manhattan.

At 2 p.m., de Blasio will hold a public hearing on, and then sign into law, a package of bills related to law enforcement, inmate discharge outcomes, and juvenile justice, Blue Room, City Hall, Manhattan.

Citing «decades of dysfunction and waste» by the state, the mayor called on Albany lawmakers Tuesday to cede control of juvenile justice services to local authorities, arguing that they can do a better job for less.

The key Republican lawmaker involved involved in talks surrounding juvenile justice reform said Monday he's hopeful an agreement can be reached this week on raising the age of criminal responsibility as part of a broader budget agreement.

«When Sen. Velmanette Montgomery gives her life and her soul to work on a package of reforms to the juvenile justice system, which we certainly need in this state, and then Ruben Diaz Sr. decides that he's going to vote against it because he's upset the Republicans are debating it too long it's unreasonable and capricious and it's the kind of irrational behavior that we've had to endure for the past eight years,» Parker told me.

Jettisoned from the budget talks, too, were discussions over juvenile justice reform and curtailing sexual assault on college campuses (funding for raising the age of criminal responsibility is still under discussion in the budget talks).

And he added that the city is spending $ 31 million on Close to Home, a juvenile justice program that places city youth whom family courts determine need a period of out - of - home placement in residential programs closer to their families and communities — a program that used to be funded by the state.

The Center works to focus the nation's juvenile justice and related systems of care on the key principles embodied in an evidence - based juvenile justice reform agenda, utilizing a multi-systems approach.

ALBANY, NY (05/28/2013)(readMedia)-- Just weeks after scathing reports about the abysmal failure of the Close to Home juvenile «reform» program diverting youthful offenders from state juvenile justice facilities to inadequate New York City based programs, the Cuomo administration is doubling down on bad policy and moving to close two more centers.

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.

The Office of Children and Family Services has been systematically undermining operations at juvenile justice facilities and moving toward total shutdown after reneging on a commitment to transform the model for resident treatment.

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office on Saturday released a petition email highlighting the push for juvenile justice reform in the $ 152 billion budget proposal expected to pass at the end of this month.

At the same time, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is seeking the passage of the education investment tax credit as well as measures designed to curtail rape and sexual assault on college campuses and juvenile justice reform.

With juvenile offenders having a recidivism rate of 90 percent Cuomo pushed for major reforms to the justice system, including focusing on alternative punishment and treatment.

ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN / AP)-- New York state entered a new fiscal year without a state budget Saturday as lawmakers failed to find compromises on key proposals relating to education spending and juvenile justice.

ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN / AP)-- Compromise proved elusive Thursday as New York lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo worked to hammer out budget deals on ride - hailing, juvenile justice reforms and college tuition assistance ahead of a key deadline.

Republican Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald threw cold water on a couple of Gov. Scott Walker's top priorities Friday, saying he was cut out of negotiations between the governor and Assembly on a tax - reduction deal and juvenile - justice overhaul.

A group of Republican and Democratic sheriffs from around the state on Friday urged state leaders to adopt a package of reforms to the juvenile justice system.

In the Democratic - led Assembly, meanwhile, criminal justice concerns include a focus on reform efforts, such as moving criminal cases involving 16 and 17 year olds to juvenile court, a measure that has stalled at the Capitol.

The budget was due by April 1 but lawmakers and Cuomo failed to reach agreement on several sticking points — most notably the juvenile justice reform known as «raise the age.»

ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN / AP)- New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders have agreed on a $ 153 billion state budget that includes free middle - class tuition at state universities, Uber and Lyft's long - awaited upstate expansion and a long - sought juvenile justice reform that Cuomo calls one of his...

New York, NY — Senators Jeff Klein (D - Bronx / Westchester), Jesse Hamilton (D - Brooklyn), Jose Peralta (D - Queens), Tony Avella (D - Queens), Diane Savino (D - Staten Island / Brooklyn), Marisol Alcantara (D - Manhattan), joined by Akeem Browder and criminal justice advocates, called on the city to plan to remove juveniles from Rikers Island within a year as required by recently passed Raise the Age legislation

It was also leaked on the same day closures and downsizing of juvenile justice facilities were announced, which will put more people out of work and undermine important public safety services.

The Council also carved out three separate committees on criminal justice issues — one for criminal justice, one for the justice system, and one for juvenile justice.

ALBANY, NY (05/04/2012)(readMedia)-- Leaders of the New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF) will speak at public hearings on a new juvenile justice initiative being billed as «reform,» but which, in reality, will put youths and the community at risk.

«I strongly support the Mayor's move to focus the juvenile justice system more on prevention and less on detention,» said Public Advocate Bill de Blasio in a statement.

Appearing in the Capitol's Red Room on Monday afternoon to receive the recommendations of his juvenile justice panel, the governor explained the strategy behind the daily previews of the speech, which the administration has been offering since the middle of last week.

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.

MANHATTAN — Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced the merger of the Administration for Children Services and the Department of Juvenile Justice at his State of the City address in Queens on Wednesday afternoon.

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