The U.S. House Oversight Committee advanced several bills that would roll back bipartisan reforms designed to protect children in the justice system. The data shows that the children in our criminal ...

New Laws Prohibit Extreme Sentencing, Bar Incarceration of Youth in Adult Prisons, and Set a Minimum Age of 12 for Prosecution ...we are creating a justice system that sees children as they are: still ...

A new report is highlighting the extremely high levels of childhood trauma among juveniles who are tried as adults and Illinois juvenile justice advocates – and those across the country – are calling ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (7News) — A new report offers insight into the lives of incarcerated individuals who committed crimes as children. Researchers with an advocacy organization known as Human Rights for ...

We’ve made progress in many realms of civil rights over the past decades in the U.S. The rights of African Americans, women, gays and lesbians, and handicapped people have expanded, thanks in part to ...

Lawmakers Send 2 Groundbreaking Bills to Gov. Green Which Will End Mandatory Minimum Sentences for Children Tried as Adults & the Prosecution of Kids Under 12 We must do better for our keiki, no child ...

International human rights standards will make a big step forward if this treaty is realized. The initiative builds upon recommendations including by the UN’s two specialized agencies on children and ...