youth justice

Articles

April 18, 2025

Another State Restricts Life Sentences for Young Adults

 Daniel Nichanian,
April 15, 2025

In North Carolina, Juvenile Lifers See a Pathway to Freedom

 Phillip Vance Smith II,
December 18, 2024

How Michigan Stopped Saddling Children with Millions in Court Debt

 Lauren Gill,
August 30, 2024

In Oakland, a DA’s Vision for Youth Justice Collides with a Recall Movement Leery of Second Chances

 Piper French,
January 24, 2024

Under the Shadow of the Extreme Case

 Piper French,
June 29, 2023

“Just an Opportunity to Come Home”

 Daniel Nichanian,
May 26, 2023

‘Everything Was Just a No’: Progressives Frustrated After Colorado Legislative Session

 Alex Burness,
May 10, 2023

Future of Youth Detention Hangs in Balance of Pittsburgh Election

 Alex Burness,
April 13, 2023

Minnesota’s Keith Ellison Thwarts a Reform Prosecutor He Endorsed

 Eamon Whalen,
January 5, 2023

Committee Appointment Threatens to Derail Criminal Justice Reforms in Colorado

 Alex Burness,
August 12, 2022

Michigan Supreme Court Restricts “Cruel” Treatment of Youth in Run of Major Decisions

 Chris Geidner,
August 5, 2022

Memphis Ousts DA and Judge Who Oversaw Its Notoriously Harsh Court System

 Daniel Nichanian,
March 17, 2022

Waiting for a Second Look

 Will Lennon,
April 13, 2021

Maryland Bans Sentencing Children to Life Without Parole

 Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg,
January 13, 2021

Ohio Will No Longer Sentence Kids to Life Without Parole

 Daniel Nichanian,
December 18, 2020

How States Transformed Criminal Justice in 2020, and How They Fell Short

 Daniel Nichanian,
Virginia's State Capitol
February 24, 2020

Virginia Makes All Children Eligible for Parole, a Major Shift for This Punitive State

 Daniel Nichanian,
December 20, 2019

From Marijuana to the Death Penalty, States Led the Way in 2019

 Daniel Nichanian,
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November 14, 2019

As Michigan Raises the Age, Advocates Vow to Press for More Change

 Daniel Nichanian,
July 25, 2019

Oregon Overhauls Its Youth Justice System

 Daniel Nichanian,
May 23, 2019

A Trio of Reforms in Washington State

 Daniel Nichanian,
April 25, 2019

Advocates Press States to Recognize that Young Adults Can Change Too

 Daniel Nichanian,
December 6, 2018

Looming Appointments Could Alter Florida Supreme Court’s Sentencing Outlook

 Daniel Nichanian,