The National Partnership for Juvenile Services has endorsed the CFSY statement of principles and is an official supporter. The Partnership provides “professional development and technical assistance and promotes best practices and standards to the field of juvenile justice and delinquency prevention to positively impact youth, families and communities.”
The following is an excerpt from a blog post titled, “Reclaiming Faith” from CFSY Outreach Coordinator, Emily Dillon. To read the full post, click here “I’m reading this book right now titled The Art of Growing Older. It’s compelling—so compelling, in fact, that I walk down the street reading poems about aging on my way […]
Children should be held accountable for the harm they have caused in age-appropriate ways that focus on rehabilitation and reintegration into society. But our public policies that sentence children to life in prison without parole fail to do this. This new infographic, produced by the CFSY in alliance with Participant Media, details the costs of […]
What began as an idea to engage more faith leaders in issues of youth justice in California has grown into an annual week-long observance that has spread throughout the United States and is now known as the Juvenile Justice Week of Faith and Healing. Javier Stauring, Co-Director of the Office of Restorative Justice at the […]
The new year is off to an exciting start as legislatures and courts throughout the country react to the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in Miller v. Alabama banning mandatory life without parole for youth. We are closely tracking these developments and working in partnership with attorneys, advocates and others in the states to advance […]
The NJDC has published the new National Juvenile Defense Standards, which are relevant for every lawyer representing youths at all stages of a case, whether in juvenile or adult court. Section VIII deals with the role of counsel when a child client faces the risk of adult prosecution. NationalJuvenileDefenseStandards2013 (2)
“We welcome the decision of the Supreme Court in Miller v. Alabama as an important step towards outlawing one of the worst forms of inhuman sentencing of children, a sentence that violates international law and condemns children to die in prison. The decision is just one step, however, in eliminating these sentences in the USA […]
“It’s a hell of a thing to say to a child that you’ve done something so hideous you don’t ever deserve to be part of society again.” –Ralph, who has been serving life without parole in Georgia for 20 years, since he was 17.
My name is Linda White. My 26-year-old daughter, Cathy Lyn O’Daniel, was killed by two teenagers in 1986 after she stopped to help them with car trouble. This year, I donated to the Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth in Cathy’s memory and I hope you will you join me in supporting this important […]
