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JustSentencing
Juvenile Court Statistics 2019
https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/njcda/pdf/jcs2019.pdf
June 2021 National Center for Juvenile Justice
Guidelines for Indigent Defense Caseloads
http://www.tidc.texas.gov/media/8d85e69fd4fb841/guidelines-for-indigent-defense-caseloads-01222015.pdf January 2015, Texas Indigent Defense Commision; Office of Court Administration
Juvenile Addendum: Guidelines for Indigent Defense Caseloads
http://www.tidc.texas.gov/media/8d85e69f9226ef2/guidelines-for-indigent-defense-caseloads-juvenile-addendum-12142016.pdf December 2016, Texas Indigent Defense Commision; Office of Court Administration
Global Report on Trafficking In Persons 2020
https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/tip/2021/GLOTiP_2020_15jan_web.pdf January 2021, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
National Juvenile Defense Standards
https://njdc.info/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/NationalJuvenileDefenseStandards2013.pdf September 2013, National Juvenile Defender Center
Black Disparities in Youth Incarceration
https://www.sentencingproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Black-Disparities-in-Youth-Incarceration.pdf July 2021, The Sentencing Project
How does incarcerating young people affect their adult health outcomes?
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5260153/ February 2017, Pediatrics
Locking up youth with adults: An update
https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2018/02/27/youth/ February 2018, Prison Policy Initiative
The Dangers of Detention: Using Research to Prevent or Limit Juvenile Incarceration
https://njdc.info/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/PJDC-Dangers-of-Detention-.pdf October 2017, Pacific Juvenile Defender Center
Report to the United Nations on Racial Disparities in the U.S. Criminal Justice System
https://www.sentencingproject.org/publications/un-report-on-racial-disparities/ April 2018, The Sentencing Project
The Color of Justice: Racial and Ethnic Disparity in State Prisons
https://www.sentencingproject.org/publications/color-of-justice-racial-and-ethnic-disparity-in-state-prisons/ October 2021, The Sentencing Project
The Changing Racial Dynamics of Women’s Incarceration
https://www.sentencingproject.org/publications/the-changing-racial-dynamics-of-womens-incarceration February 2013, The Sentencing Project
Racial Disparities in Youth Incarceration Persist
https://www.sentencingproject.org/publications/racial-disparities-in-youth-incarceration-persist February 2021, The Sentencing Project
Report to the United Nations on Racial Disparities in the U.S. Criminal Justice System
https://www.sentencingproject.org/publications/un-report-on-racial-disparities April 2018, The Sentencing Project
The Color of Justice: Racial and Ethnic Disparity in State Prisons
https://www.sentencingproject.org/publications/color-of-justice-racial-and-ethnic-disparity-in-state-prisons October 2021, The Sentencing Project
The Changing Racial Dynamics of Women’s Incarceration
https://www.sentencingproject.org/publications/the-changing-racial-dynamics-of-womens-incarceration/ February 2013, The Sentencing Project
Racial Disparities in Youth Incarceration Persist
https://www.sentencingproject.org/publications/racial-disparities-in-youth-incarceration-persist/ February 2021, The Sentencing Project
ReImagine Justice
Talking About the Attacks on Critical Race Theory https://www.opportunityagenda.org/explore/resources-publications/talking-about-critical-race-theory?bbeml=tp-XPuVa_JSgUibo6nvvpmTEg.jYHBXqS2ppUmSg-tcPSTHoQ.rM36B8zogSkCcIvqUaInc-g.lVRlOSE7Qa0uo00dfWgKdhw July 2021 The Opportunity Agenda ReImagine Justice Institute
Federal Advocacy Brief, The American Rescue Plan: Three Waus Texas Can Use Recovery Funds to Support Victims and Promote Public Safety https://allianceforsafetyandjustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Texas-ARP-Report-1.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2dUqEV1ZmJzc8HPe3g61AQYA1L0WU9katPoKTppzz4uZ4t4dpTxek15ak July 2021 Alliance for Safety and Justice ReImagine Justice Institute
Beware Performative Reproducibility https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01824-z?fbclid=IwAR2Wc_jepBT58tgSSdrguOFdY6r6xvlBwom-A0xHeoKBnFGDhexzHXVbs_g July 2021 Nature ReImagine Justice Institute
The Prison Problem https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2013/03/the-prison-problem April 2013 Harvard Magazine ReImagine Justice Institute
A Guide to Community Strategies for Improving Emerging Adults’ Safety and Well-Being https://www.urban.org/sites/default/files/publication/101838/a20guide20to20community20strategies20for20improving20emerging20adults2720safety20an_0.pdf March 2020 Urban Institute ReImagine Justice Institute
Conviction, Imprisonment, and Lost Earnings: How Involvement with the Criminal Justice System Deepens Inequality https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/conviction-imprisonment-and-lost-earnings-how-involvement-criminal September 2020 Brennan Center for Justice ReImagine Justice Institute
Social Inequities Explain Racial Gaps in Pandemic, Studies Find https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/09/health/coronavirus-black-hispanic.html December 2020 New York Times ReImagine Justice Institute
Op-Ed: Community investment, not punishment, is key to reducing violence https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-sharkey-violence-community-investment-20180125-story.html January 2018 Los Angeles Times ReImagine Justice Institute
Can We Eliminate the Youth Prison? (And What Should We Replace It With?) https://squareonejustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/CJLJ8431-Square-One-Youth-Prisons-Paper-200828-2-WEB.pdf June 2020 The Square One Project ReImagine Justice Institute
Increasing Analytics Capacity: A Toolkit for Public Defender Organizations https://www.nlada.org/sites/default/files/NLADA%20Increasing%20Analytics%20Capacity%20Toolkit%202016_0.pdf October 2016 National Legal Aid & Defender Association ReImagine Justice Institute
Increasing Analytics Capacity: A Toolkit for Public Defender Organizations https://www.nlada.org/sites/default/files/NLADA%20Increasing%20Analytics%20Capacity%20Toolkit%202016_0.pdf October 2016 National Legal Aid & Defender Association ReImagine Justice Institute
Just Careers
Integrating Education and Training in Young Adult Diversion Programs Technical Assistance Brief https://cte.ed.gov/yadiversion/files/IntegratingEdTrainingYoungAdultDivPrograms.pdf?mc_cid=2c3a176c1a&mc_eid=06c475d4db August 2021 U.S. Department of Education; Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education; Division of Academic and Technical Education Transformative Justice > JustCareers
Second Chance Business Coalition: Why It Matters https://secondchancebusinesscoalition.org/why-it-matters Second Chance Business Coalition Transformative Justice > JustCareers
Integrating Education and Training in Young Adult Diversion Programs
Technical Assistance Brief https://cte.ed.gov/yadiversion/files/IntegratingEdTrainingYoungAdultDivPrograms.pdf?mc_cid=2c3a176c1a&mc_eid=06c475d4db August 2021 Department of Education Transformative Justice > JustCareers
Transformative Justice
Detour to Opportunity: A guide on young adult diversion from the criminal justice system https://wdr.doleta.gov/research/FullText_Documents/Detour%20to%20Opportunity%20-%20A%20Guide%20on%20Young%20Adult%20Diversion%20from%20the%20Criminal%20Justice%20System.pdf August 2017 Social Policy Resource Associates Transformative Justice
Custodial Sanctions and Reoffending: A Meta-Analytic Review https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/715100 September 2021 University of Chicago Journals Transformative Justice
Checklist for Building and Maintaining a Data Warehouse: Integrating Criminal Justice and Behavioral Health Data https://csgjusticecenter.org/publications/integrating-criminal-justice-and-behavioral-health-data/?mc_cid=afab346a99&mc_eid=06c475d4db July 2021 The Council of State Governments; Justice Center Transformative Justice
Enhancing Equity in the Criminal Justice System: A Self-Reflection Tool https://emma-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/w2ccb/eefc8a96c0ef6bf74cf08a7143e4cfdb/EquityCJSystem_Checklist_508.pdf June 2021 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Transformative Justice
The Future of Youth Justice: A Community-Based Alternative to the Youth Prison Model https://www.hks.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/centers/wiener/programs/pcj/files/ntcc_the_future_of_youth_justice.pdf October 2016 Harvard Kennedy School; National Institute of Justice Transformative Justice
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ABOUT THE PROJECT
Through our Youth Sentencing Project, we provide direct strategic litigation on behalf of youth who were tried in the adult criminal legal system and given extremely long prison sentences, particularly those sentenced to life without parole.
Youth should be held accountable for their wrongdoing in developmentally appropriate ways that consider their age, individual characteristics, and specific circumstances of their cases.
Our staff litigators take the lead on a limited number of cases every year, selecting those that have the potential to influence system-wide change. Last year, LSJA was involved in 13 cases challenging the transfer of youth (either as lead counsel or in a technical support role) and won 12 of these cases.
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