The Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance in the news

CT-N OnDemand: Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance forum on building effective school and police partnerships to reduce in-school arrests. STREAMING MOVIE

Slamming the door on at-risk youth, families

The Hartford Courant, July 1, 2009

Martha Stone, executive director at the Center for Children’s Advocacy, discusses the negative consequences of Governor Rell’s proposal to eliminate DCF Voluntary Services for new children and families. PDF, 19.1 KB

Cablevision editorial reply: Don’t delay raising the age

Cablevision, March 2009

CTJJA Executive Director Abby Anderson responds to a Cablevision editorial on delaying Raise the Age. WMV MOVIE, 5.5 MB

Criminalizing Kids: Op-Ed on the Effects
of Zero-Tolerance Policies in Schools

The Hartford Courant, June 15, 2008

Abby Anderson discusses how zero-tolerance policies in schools push “problem children” into the school-to-prison pipeline in her Hartford Courant op-ed. PDF, 45.8 KB

CT Post: Juvenile Justice System Changes Outlined

Connecticut Post, June 13, 2008

Amanda Cuda reports on the discussion panel on the Raise the Age legislation that included DCF Deputy Director Floyd Blair, Judge Christine E. Keller, Rep. Toni E. Walker, and Office of Policy and Management Secretary Robert Genuario at the daylong conference “Leading Change: Rethinking Juvenile Justice” on June 12, 2008. PDF, 88.3 KB

Press Conference with Congressman Murphy

NBC 30, March 4, 2008

View coverage of U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy introducing his Juvenile Justice Improvement Act of 2008 with state Sen. Toni Harp, state Rep. Toni Walker and CTJJA Executive Director Abby Anderson. Murphy’s plan will make national juvenile justice improvements similar to recent reforms in Connecticut. WMV MOVIE, 1.4 MB

NPR Story Highlights Missouri Juvenile Justice

Missouri sees teen offenders as kids, not inmates. All Things Considered, October 30, 2007. WEBSITE

Age Raised

New Haven Independent, July 9, 2007

New Haven Independent reports on state Rep. Toni Walker, one of the lead legislative champions of the “Raise the Age” bill. MS WORD, 83.5 KB

Assembly Operates in its Own Unique Way

New Haven Register, July 2, 2007

This article looks out how Connecticut’s legislature eventually worked out a budget compromise that everyone could agree on, and equates Raise the Age with “being on the side of angels.”MS WORD, 26.5 KB

Teen’s Prison Suicide Draws Outrage

Hartford Courant, July 26, 2005

As Probes Begin, Advocates Contend Again: Youths Don’t Belong In Adult System. PDF, 49.8 KB

Youth offenders get new option

The Stamford Advocate, June 19, 2005

This article announces the creation a new Juvenile Review Board for Stamford, designed to keep first-time and low-level juvenile offenders out of court. PDF, 289 KB

Report: Don’t Jail Teens with Adults

The New Haven Register, March 15, 2005

The Washington, D.C.-based Coalition for Juvenile Justice, in a study titled “Childhood on Trial: The Failure of Trying and Sentencing Youth in Adult Criminal Court,” said “adult time for adult crime” policies have failed. The Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance was one of the organizations asked to participate in the release of the report in Boston and provide comment on trying and sentencing youth as adults. PDF, 25.8 KB

Redefining Juvenile Criminals

Reprinted from The New York Times

CTJJA in the News

Deputy Director Lara Herscovitch talks about the overuse of arrests in schools

CTJJA explains why Gov. Malloy’s plan to raise the age to 21 makes sense

ED Abby Anderson on why incarceration is wrong for kids with drug problems

CTJJA says past experience shows CT can raise the age to 21

Juvenile prisons don't work, no matter who staffs them

Walker says what happens inside CJTS would be considered abuse if parents did it

Acting Director Lara Herscovitch tells legislators that it’s time to close the training school

Youth prisons don’t work. Connecticut Juvenile Training School, Pueblo Unit for girls must close

CTJJA Co-chair Bob Francis says that juvenile prison is no place for traumatized kids

Executive Director Abby Anderson supports Judicial Branch's work in juvenile justice

Courant reports on Color of Justice forum. ‘Children of color do the same things their white peers do, but are treated more harshly’

Executive Director Abby Anderson explains how DCF policy changes leave neediest kids out

New Haven Register editorial against “Knockout Game” law cites Alliance testimony

Did raising the age bring down CT’s crime rate?

Is Connecticut turning away from juvenile justice reform?

Arrests in schools becoming far too common

State cuts number of kids in juvenile jail

What’s working in juvenile justice, what’s not and why

Connecticut towns cut student arrests without compromising safety

Friends of the Alliance on national panel to help fix school discipline

How Raise the Age and other reforms are affecting Connecticut

Stemming the tide of school-based arrests

Juvenile justice legislative victories

Effective school and police partnerships

News

Connecticut towns cut student arrests
without compromising safety

Friends of the Alliance on national panel
to help fix school discipline