Juvenile Justice

Federal officials review boot camp case (following aquittal) ( FL, Panama City )

Federal officials review boot camp case (following aquittal) ( FL, Panama City ) Federal officials review boot camp case  

Philadelphia judge begins pulling children out of Tenn. facility ( TN, Chad Youth )

Philadelphia judge begins pulling children out of Tenn. facility

 

Associated Press - August 5, 2007 5:35 PM ET

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A family court judge has begun removing Philadelphia children from a controversial treatment center in Tennessee, where a 17-year-old resident died after a confrontation with staff.

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Nonprofit is no stranger to scrutiny (Texas, Associated Marine Institutes)

Nonprofit is no stranger to scrutiny AMI has drawn praise in Texas but has faced multiple lawsuits, lost contracts
12:24 AM CDT on Sunday, July 29, 2007
By JENNIFER LaFLEUR / The Dallas Morning News
jlafleur@dallasnews.com

Associated Marine Institutes has been cited as a model youth rehabilitation program, but the nonprofit has been hit with more than a dozen lawsuits nationwide and has lost contracts in two states.

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Conditions at youth lockup rankle legislators ( AK, Alexander Juvenile Correctional) Feb. 22, 2007

Conditions at youth lockup rankle legislators

BY Amy Upshaw

ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE

Members of a House panel that focuses on children said Wednesday that they are outraged that the state spends, on average, about $ 70, 000 a year per bed at the 143-bed Alexander Juvenile Correctional Facility, yet conditions and services continue to be woefully inadequate.

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Youth describes struggle with staff - (MD, Bowling Brook )

Judge orders 3 removed from juvenile facility after teen being restrained dies.

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