Ralph is a professor of anthropology and public affairs at Princeton University. His book SITO: An American teenager and the City that Failed Him, is out now from Grand Central Publishing It was dark ...

Federal prosecutors in D.C. currently have the ability to charge teenagers accused of violent crimes as adults — a decision that cannot be overruled by judges. D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine wants ...

At 13 years old, Joe Sullivan was told he would die in prison. The then-teenager's life came crashing down around him after he was convicted and sentenced to life in prison for robbing and sexually ...

Maryland’s criminal system has long operated like an engine built to run roughshod over Black lives, and the data makes that plain: Black people represent roughly 30 percent of the state’s population ...

Giddings State School, a Texas Juvenile Justice Department correctional facility in Lee County, on July 20, 2022 (Jolie Mccullough/The Texas Tribune, Jolie Mccullough/The Texas Tribune) Sign up for ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Since 2021, the Deschutes County District Attorney’s Office has been offering the Emerging Adult Program, a pre-charge restorative justice initiative. This program allows young ...

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For Sana Fadel, keeping Massachusetts young people who run afoul of the law in the state’s juvenile justice system until they turn 20 isn’t just about protecting public safety right now — it’s about ...