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COMMENTARY

Pennsylvania can’t wait any longer for juvenile justice reform | Opinion

BY: - July 2, 2023

Bills before the state House and Senate would help Pennsylvania's youth and a system that badly needs a fix.

COMMENTARY

It’s time to stop warehousing Pa.’s children and rethink our juvenile justice system | Opinion

BY: - December 23, 2022

Rather than spend as much as $1,000 a day to lock children up, let’s invest in them and their communities.

COMMENTARY

Congress must make a continued difference in the lives of youth in foster care | Opinion

BY: - September 30, 2021

More than 20,000 young people are at risk of being forced out of foster care and being immediately cut off from services that will expire after today

COMMENTARY

The Juvenile Justice Task Force report gave us a roadmap to reform. Now it’s up to lawmakers to finish the job | Opinion

BY: - June 27, 2021

The recommendations fall short of transformational, but they are true step forward toward badly needed reforms.