From The New York Times May 5, 2009 Justices Agree to Take Up Sentencing for Young Offenders By ADAM LIPTAK WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed on Monday...
From Youth Today May 13, 2009 Obama Budget Cuts Some Youth Programs, Grows Others Mentoring, abstinence ed and juvenile justice lose, AmeriCorps wins, after...
Proposal for International Journal of Community Music Special Edition: Music and Criminal Justice Guest Editor: Mary Cohen Edition focus: This special edition...
From The Huffington Post via Frank Dody We Can Pay for Education Today - Or Prisons Tomorrow By Sarah Burd-Sharps and Kristen Lewis May 14, 2009 High school...
From Newsday.com Prison play canceled in NY over fight with unions May 17, 2009 WOODBOURNE, N.Y. The show won't go on after all. A troupe of 18 inmates at the...
By Adam Bosch Times Herald-Record Posted: May 17, 2009 - 2:00 AM WOODBOURNE — State prison officials have lowered the curtain on an inmate theatrical...
From Broadwayworld.com THE CASTLE Ends Its Off-Broadway Run 5/23 At New World Stages The hit Off-Broadway hit play, The Castle, will give its final performance...
Achieving their Promise: Children of Incarcerated Parents (CIP) Symposium John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the NYC Department of Youth and Community...
SAVE the DATE Opening Reception Wednesday, June 17, 2009 Community Gallery Exhibition in honor of Student Artwork produced at The Austin H. McCormick Island...
Sharing Information From Ronnye Hightower On Wednesday, April 22, 2009, Horizon Academy’s Arts in Education Program (SPECTRUMS) located on Rikers Island...
From Education Week June 2, 2009 Preventing High School Dropouts Can Start in 4th Grade By The Associated Press It's graduation time, but not for everyone. One...
Opening Reception Wednesday, June 17, 2009 Community Gallery Exhibition in honor of Student Artwork produced at The Austin H. McCormick Island Academy, Horizon...
From New York Daily News Prison Picassos: Queens museum event to show Rikers GED students' art BY CLARE TRAPASSO DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Tuesday, June 16th...
June 17, 2009, 11:22 AM From The New York Times June 17, 2009 At Queens Museum, Inmates’ Artistic Visions By SEWELL CHAN They fell into trouble with the law,...
From Community Arts "Concrete Steel & Paint," a new documentary featuring the work of the Mural Arts Program at Graterford prison, debuts July 23, 2009, in ...
From The New York Times July 5, 2009 In Prisoners’ Wake, a Tide of Troubled Kids By ERIK ECKHOLM WASHINGTON — Herbert Rashad Scott, whose parents were in...
From St. Louis Post Dispatch June 17, 2009 Family court judge is 'principal' of new alternative school By Nancy Cambria ST. LOUIS – It was the last day of...
From The New York Times July 12, 2009 LOS ANGELES — Harvard Park has been a no-man’s land after dark for decades. Its location, at the borders of rival...
From The Washington Post Monday, July 13, 2009 States Seek Less Costly Substitutes For Prison Treatment, Parole Are Gaining Favor By Keith B. Richburg NEW YORK...
From The New York Times July 13, 2009 Barbara Margolis, Prisoners’ Advocate, Dies at 79 By MARGALIT FOX Barbara Margolis, a longtime volunteer in New York...
Does this resound in New York State? From The Baltimore Sun July 12, 2009 A broken system Our view: The Lamont Davis case suggests serious problems with how...
From Science Daily July 17, 2009 Delinquent Behavior Among Boys 'Contagious,' Study Finds ScienceDaily (July 17, 2009) — Impulsive boys with inadequate...
From The Associated Press August 2, 2009 LA tries test to find kids likely to join gangs By CHRISTINA HOAG (AP) LOS ANGELES — Gang prevention cop Jeff Norat...
From The New York Times August 10, 2009 Mentally Ill Offenders Strain Juvenile System By SOLOMON MOORE FRANKLIN FURNACE, Ohio — The teenager in the padded...
From The Wall Street Journal Health Blog August 10, 2009 Justice System Struggles With Mentally Hill Kids Treating mentally ill kids is tough enough to begin...
Rachel Maddow at Jacob’s Pillow http://dancingperfectlyfree.com/2009/08/10/rachel-maddow-on-dance-art-and-society/ Here’s another reason to love Rachel...
OJJDP Joins Initiative To Promote Afterschool Programs The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) is pleased to announce its support of...
From Edutopia Troubled Teens Explore Their Artistic Side By molly Created 2009-01-28 15:59 Live a day in my shoes What you think you would do? You think you...
From The New York Times August 25, 2009 Report Cites Abuse at State Juvenile Prison Centers By NICHOLAS CONFESSORE ALBANY — Children at four juvenile...
From The New York Times August 29, 2009 BIG CITY Girls in Trouble, Humiliated and Injured at the Hands of the State By SUSAN DOMINUS There were cameras all...