WHO WE ARE
Our work is currently focused on three main areas: eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in the juvenile justice system, reducing the unnecessary and inappropriate incarceration of children, and eliminating dangerous and inhumane practices for youth in custody. Our staff members pursue a range of different activities to achieve these goals, including training, technical assistance, administrative and legislative advocacy, research, writing, media outreach, and public education.
Promoting
Racial Justice
Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities
CCLP staff members are working with several jurisdictions on strategies to reduce and eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in the juvenile justice system.
READ MOREEnding Dangerous
Conditions
Improving Conditions Of Confinement
Our staff are working to improve conditions of confinement in juvenile throughout the country.
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Incarceration
Reducing the Unnecessary Incarceration of Youth
CCLP staff help jurisdictions across the country reduce unnecessary incarceration of youth without jeopardizing public safety.
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DonateNew York Times Quotes CCLP Deputy Director in Coverage of Treatment of Migrant Youth in Custody
As part of a series covering the experience of migrant youth in detention facilities throughout the country, the New York Times interviewed CCLP’s Jason…
READ MORENational Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Coalition Responds to Rescinded DOJ Guidance
Read the Coalition’s July 9, 2018 statement, which outlines how the Department of Justice’s decision to rescind key guidance documents threatens to harm youth…
READ MORECCLP’s Assessments of Youth Facility Conditions Spur Major Reforms
Reports in Kentucky, Maine Lead to New Protections for Kids
During the summer of 2017, CCLP was asked by officials in Kentucky and Maine to…
READ MORECenter for Children’s Law and Policy Launches Project to Improve Equity and Fairness in Youth Arrest and Diversion
Four Police Agencies Sought for New Law Enforcement Leadership For Equity Initiative
CCLP’s Stop Solitary for Kids Campaign Featured in International Human Rights Report
In March 2016, the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at the American University Washington College of…
READ MOREStop Family Detention
Posted by adminToday, CCLP submitted comments to the Department of Homeland Security rejecting the Trump Administration’s proposal to roll back long-standing protections for immigrant children.
The proposed rule changes to what is known as the Flores Settlement would allow the government to indefinitely detain immigrant children, strip kids of existing legal protections and…
MoreNew York Times Quotes CCLP Deputy Director in Coverage of Treatment of Migrant Youth in Custody
Posted by adminAs part of a series covering the experience of migrant youth in detention facilities throughout the country, the New York Times interviewed CCLP’s Jason Szanyi. An August 4 article cited the use of restraint chairs and spit masks on young people, which staff claimed were necessary. In the article,…
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Testimonial
“The work of the DMC Action Network, led by the Center for Children’s Law and Policy, demonstrated that communities can implement reforms that have a measurable and positive impact on youth of color.”
Laurie Garduque Director of Justice Reform, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation