Students across Tennessee can be arrested for statements that wouldn’t even get them expelled.

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Can restorative justice programs move juvenile justice away from policing, prosecutions, and prisons?

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Louisiana is the only state to pass and then reverse Raise the Age legislation.

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2019-2024: An interactive map for five years of school gun violence in Georgia.

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Juvenile Court judges will now track qualifications. Will the tracking system be adequate?

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Ohio announced it will try to shut down its three large youth correctional facilities.

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The agreement concludes a federal civil rights investigation into Four Rivers Special Education District.

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Georgia prosecutors allege a father’s actions led to the mass Apalachee High School shooting.

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Sentenced to life without parole at 18, Felix is proof redemption is possible.

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Tackling the root causes of disconnection from education and careers with systems-involved youth.

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Records reaffirm law enforcement failed to engage the gunman who killed 21 people.

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Some say task force is shutting down discussion of guidelines for cops in schools.

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Our state and federal juvenile justice systems fail to consider stages of adolescent development.

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School is where we can identify these children in their high-risk groups.

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Illinois law bans schools from fining students. But police routinely issue tickets with fines.

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Illinois law bans schools from fining students. But police routinely issue tickets to children.

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In medical-legal partnerships, health and law professionals team up to address health-harming legal needs.

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In juvenile courts judges have the discretion to allow polygraph test results as evidence.

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It aimed to empower an independent agency to require changes when standards were violated.

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Students are benefiting from a decade-old ban on suspensions for ‘willful defiance.'

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