What's on our radar this week
Each week, Juvenile Law Center gathers the latest studies, reports, and headlines from around the country. Here's what we've been reading:
- "Mirror" is a new program in Manchester, New Hampshire that is attempting to reduce incidents of minority contact with police.
- Louisiana is considering raising the age of adulthood for sentencing from 17 to 18. LSU has released a report detailing why 17-year-olds should not be considered adults in the criminal justice system.
- Last May a report discovered that out of the 2,200 homeless youth on any given night in Minnesota 1 in 6 are LGBTQ. In Twin Cities a new program is trying to combat this problem.
- In New Jersey new state legislation is establishing restrictions on the use of solitary confinement on juveniles.
- A recent poll in Virginia found that 84% of Virginians are in favor of reforming the states juvenile justice system.
- In California proposed changes to juvenile law will give judges sole power to determine when a youth can be removed from juvenile court to be tried as an adult.
- Proposals are underway in Connecticut to raise the age for juvenile offenders from 17 to 20 by July 2019.
- A recent count of the homeless population in Boston revealed that there has been a 35% increase in the cities homeless youth.
Did we miss a big story? Email us at [email protected] with your headline.