New Jersey has taken steps towards juvenile justice reform that gained us national recognition. However, more work needs to be done before we can truly have a therapeutic, supportive and equitable juvenile justice system.
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VP Mary Coogan recognized with Family Unification Day Hero Award
Her efforts in foster care, kinship care, children’s health and juvenile justice has helped thousands of families.
BLOG: Why are we locking up youth offenders when there’s a better solution?
Sometimes it may feel easier to say, “Those kids are bad, they deserve to be locked up” or ask, “Why is it bad to institutionalize children?”
150 years is enough. Time to #CloseJamesburg.
On 6/28/2017, join us at a rally to say, “150 years is enough.” Time to close NJ’s largest youth prison, New Jersey Training School for Boys (Jamesburg.)
Blog: Making the Case for More Reforms to the Juvenile Justice System
The goal of the juvenile justice system is for young offenders to return to their communities equipped with the skills they need to stay out of trouble and mature into productive adults.