

Nation Jan 26

President Obama has pledged to ban solitary confinement for juveniles in the federal prison system and to reform the rules for other prisoners. What effect will his executive actions have? Hari Sreenivasan discusses the proposed changes with Maurice Chammah of…
By PBS NewsHour
Nation Sep 13

The Duval County Detention Center in Jacksonville, Florida, where teenagers who have been arrested wait to be arraigned or sent on to long-term facilities, has enacted a set of reforms by the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice over the last…
By Megan Thompson
Nation Sep 12

In America's juvenile justice system, experts say girls, who make up a larger portion of incarcerated youth than in the past, have often been victims of trauma and abuse. Now, programs in Jacksonville, Florida, aim to rehabilitate rather than incarcerate.
By PBS NewsHour
Education Sep 08

In Texas, a nonprofit partners with a juvenile justice center to help students finish their high school education by learning classical guitar. Student Reporting Labs special correspondent Kennedy Huff reports for KLRU in Austin.
By PBS NewsHour
Aug 01

By PBS NewsHour
The U.S. Department of Justice says St. Louis County’s juvenile justice system treats black children more harshly than white children “because of their race.” According to the DOJ, black children in St. Louis County are one and a half times…
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