When DCF takes the benefits, the children lose money that could be spent for their long-term benefit. “This is legally and morally questionable, and it’s simply terrible public policy“ bostonglobe.com/2023/07/12/opi… via The Boston Globe

Join the fight. We are looking for a dedicated Trial Attorney in our Youth Advocacy Division in Fall River. Click the link to apply. careers-publiccounsel.icims.com/jobs/2391/tria…

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Q: Can bureaucratic hurdles derail successful reentry and harm people, families, and communities? A: Yes tinyurl.com/3wmjcsyj

Wonderful job opportunity w/ a terrific organization: @mtwyouth is looking for an Associate Director of Government Relations & Policy. #EmergingAdultJustice mtwyouth.bamboohr.com/careers/37

"[C]hild welfare authorities in several states are placing kids in juvenile detention facilities — as well as in hotels, casinos and offices — due to a shortage of foster homes." truthout.org/articles/kids-… via Truthout

APPLY NOW: Applications are open for the 2023-2024 Beyond the Bars Fellowship! The Fellowship offers interdisciplinary leadership to deepen analysis & skills toward ending mass incarceration. Applications are due August 18th. Learn more and apply here: centerforjustice.columbia.edu/news/applicati…

Our Emerging Adult Justice Project national scan shows how communities create hybrid justice systems for #EmergingAdults that give young people a better chance to thrive. eajustice.org/hybrid-systems

“There is no definition of love that encompasses the trauma, violence, and general lack that our kids are being subjected to at YSC right now” - Eduardo Ferrer, policy director Georgetown Juvenile Justice Initiative. tinyurl.com/3me476ws

“[W]e cannot throw away our young people, and I believe that young people can change.” – State Senator Liz Miranda. #EmergingAdult Liz Miranda Emerging Adult Justice Project tinyurl.com/2nku33tw

The war on drugs has been disastrous for everyone, but especially for women, whose drug arrests have risen dramatically since the 80s. Today, more than a quarter of women in jail are held for drug crimes.

The hope is in the details. Communities reform systems to encourage healthy development of #EmergingAdults. Read our comprehensive report. eajustice.org/hybrid-systems.

New York set up a hotline for police handling mental health cases. Not one officer has called. (via The Guardian) The line was supposed to offer expert guidance after NYC Mayor Eric Adams expanded police powers to forcibly hospitalize people. bit.ly/3OrQXpZ

Majority of NYC’s Bd of Correction joins “the call that Rikers Island be placed into federal receivership.” Members warn: DOC’s “preference for looking good over doing good is patently dangerous to all who are held or work in the jails.” tinyurl.com/2p9bd2cb

“[P]eople are very quick to say, ‘How do we know it works? What if it happens again?’” - Lael Chester, director of Emerging Adult Justice Project at Columbia Justice Lab. “We should be asking: How does it work in the formalized system? The outcomes are terrible!” via Ivy Scott bostonglobe.com/2023/08/31/met…

Overjoyed that Michaela Pommells has been named the Executive Director of the Youth First Justice Collaborative! #NoKidsInPrison

Thanks to the great team at @TheNewPress for helping get to this day!

So refreshing to see data and research being used to develop effective responses to youth crime. Thank you, MD, for being such a great role model to other jurisdictions. Emerging Adult Justice Project

. Abdallah Fayyad: “….when the former commissioner [Vincent Schiraldi] of one of the largest probation departments in the country says that probation in the U.S. may very well be too flawed to reform, then it’s time to consider whether change is overdue.” tinyurl.com/33ymww95

While progress has been made, there is still more to be done to ensure our legal system treats kids as kids. School of Criminal Justice and Criminalistics's Denise Herz, Emerging Adult Justice Project's Lael Chester, and OJJDP Liz Ryan lead our next discussion on how prosecutors can better meet the needs of kids and young adults.