Legal Strategies to Reduce the Unnecessary Detention of Children: Advocacy and Training Guide

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Hidden Injustice: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth in Juvenile Courts

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Hidden Injustice represents the first effort to examine the experiences of LGBT youth in juvenile courts across the country. The report is based on information collected from 414 surveys and 65 interviews with juvenile justice professionals, including judges, defense attorneys, prosecutors, probation officers, detention staff, and other juvenile justice advocates; focus groups and interviews of…

Physicians for Criminal Justice Reform Recommendations on COVID-19 and Pepper Spray in Juvenile Facilities

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Declaration of Dr. Antoinette Kavanaugh, Ph.D., ABPP

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Declaration of Dr. Jaimie Meyer

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Emergency Motion for Pretrial Release Due to Public Health and Safety Threat Posed by COVID-19 Pandemic (North Carolina)

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Declaration of Dr. Craig W. Haney, Ph.D.

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Letter Addressing COVID-19 Risks for Detained Populations in Maryland

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Declaration of Dr. Jonathan Louis Golob

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Declaration of Dr. Marc Stern

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Affidavit of Dr. Carolyn Sufrin, A.M., M.D., Ph.D.

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An Overview of Youth Rights in Facilities

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The Gault Ctr. (October 2023). This resource provides an overview of the constitutional and federal laws that are implicated when young people are placed in juvenile or adult facilities and includes concrete examples of common violations. This resource offers an introduction for youth defenders on how to spot federal and constitutional violations based on conditions…

Broken Bridges: How Juvenile Placements Cut Off Youth from Communities and Successful Futures

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A Developmental Framework for Juvenile Disposition and Post-Disposition Advocacy

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An infographic outlining strategies for post-disposition advocacy.