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  • What role did trauma-informed care play in alleged juvenile prison abuse?

    May 31, 2016 |

    Wisconsin Watch |

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    Response Location: United States, Wisconsin

    To reduce violence and aggreesion trauma-informed care become the new standard in Wisconsin for juvenile corrections. However, at the two highlighted facillities there has been greater violence and an investigation of abuse, but supporters still contend that when trauma-informed care is implemented correctly it is successful.

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  • Juvy Intervention Programs Losing Federal Funds

    May 25, 2016 |

    Jackson Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Jackson, Mississippi

    Adolescent Opportunity Programs (AOPs) are a pre-intervention method for curtailing juvenile delinquency that have proven vital in the Mississippi state's criminal-justice system - they have the power to prevent young people from entering the system in the first place and save taxpayer costs in the long-term. But federal funding is threatening to run out.

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  • Avoiding the School-to-Prison Pipeline

    May 18, 2016 |

    Jackson Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Jackson, Mississippi

    A district-wide approach called PBIS, or positive behavior and instructional support model that focuses on counseling rather than punishment, has curbed behavioral issues at many Jackson public schools, and has even turned many into model sites of positive behavior reinforcement. It has also proven to keep youth from getting stuck in the vicious school-to-prison pipeline.

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  • School system looks to restorative justice to curb police interventions

    May 15, 2016 |

    The Roanoke Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Roanoke, Virginia

    A 'restorative justice' program in Roanoke schools aims to resolve in-school conflicts using teachers and staff, rather than referring issues to law enforcement.

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  • Brooklyn's New Approach to Youth Crimes

    May 05, 2016 |

    Wall Street Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    New Brooklyn Young Adult Court aims to keep youths out of a lifetime of crime.

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  • Ceasefire in the City? How Police Can (and Cannot) Deter Gunfire

    May 04, 2016 |

    Jackson Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Jackson, Mississippi

    In poor, crime-infected neighborhood with limited opportunities, where interactions with law enforcement are often toxic and punitive, and distrust on both sides is rampant. An integrated strategy is at the core of the model that can change this:"Operation Ceasefire," a form of targeted deterrence. The carrot-stick approach is carefully designed to reach men believed to be on the cusp of committing gun violence, let them know the consequences and help them fulfill their needs, thus finding a way to maybe change their trajectory into something more positive.

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  • A Hunger to Live: The Struggle to Interrupt the Cycle of Violence

    April 20, 2016 |

    Jackson Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Jackson, Mississippi

    After going to prison themselves, John Knight of Jackson and Shanduke McPhatter of Brooklyn are living straight and determined to make changes. They work as "violence interrupters" in their neighborhoods, using an approach called "Cure Violence," developed by Dr. Gary Slutkin. They mentor other young, at-risk men and encourage them towards graduating high school, community service, staying away from drugs, and pursuing honest work.

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  • School-Based Arrests Down At CPS Schools

    April 18, 2016 |

    WBEZ |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    A decrease in arrests in Chicago public schools is a result of the district moving away from a zero-tolerance policy for discipline and acting in favor of more instructional intervention. This approach has allowed for kids experiencing trauma and lashing out to receive better care and direction than is provided by punitive action.

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  • MATC program helps children of incarcerated parents graduate

    April 04, 2016 |

    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |

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    Response Location: United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    The Right Path program aims to help break the cycle of poverty and criminality. It covers tuition and course materials for students as well as providing stipends.

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  • 'I owe them my life... they put me back on track'

    March 31, 2016 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, London

    A new approach to youth justice in southeast Spain is turning lives around through agricultural labor and special education.

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