News & Commentary about Juvenile Justice
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Youth are still developing, so as a result society treats kids and adults differently in several contexts, such as driving and serving in the military. Yet in the criminal justice system, we treat youth as adults.
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![Niya Kenny](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web16-blog-niya-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Aug 12, 2016
WATCH: This Student Was Arrested for Challenging an Abusive Officer in School
![Salt Lake City High School West](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web16-blog-slcschool-2-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Mar 17, 2016
Police Accountability Doesn't Stop at the Schoolhouse Door
![Police officer dragging child in SC classroom](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web15-blog-srothrowingchild-1160x705-400x266.jpg)
Oct 28, 2015
Is This What School Safety Looks Like? Because It's Terrifying.
![Child in Detention](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web15-blog-childjail-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Oct 21, 2015
President Obama and Texas Are Colluding to Detain Refugee Children in Private Prisons
![Ahmed Mohamed](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web15-blog-ahmed-580x384-v02-400x266.png)
Sep 18, 2015
Let’s Assume the Kids (and Ahmed) Are Alright, Not Criminals
![Dilapidated and abandoned school in Detroit](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web15-blog-delapidatedclassroom-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Jul 22, 2015
Keeping Children in the Classroom and out of the Courtroom
![The Juvenile Detention Center of Hennepin County in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Source: Courtney “Coco” Mault/Flickr](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/blog15-juveniledetention-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
May 26, 2015
If Members of the House Believe Mass Incarceration Is a Real Problem, They Aren’t Putting Their Money Where Their Mouths Are