Jun 30, 2023 | Uncategorized
The Center for Children’s Law and Policy condemns the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision that race-conscious admissions programs at institutions of higher education violate the Constitution’s guarantee of equal protection. In issuing its opinion, the highest institution of...
Jun 22, 2022 | Other Youth Justice News
Louisiana Office of Juvenile Justice now sending some kids in state custody to Alabama, advocacy group...
Feb 8, 2021 | CCLP in the News
At the Center for Children’s Law and Policy, we feel revulsion and disgust at the violence on January 6 and the lawless efforts to deny the will of the voters. Every day more videos show the horrific violence in the Capitol building by goons and rioters bent on...
Mar 24, 2020 | CCLP in the News
COVID-19 Resources There are more than 43,000 youth in juvenile justice facilities right now. As the country grapples with the global COVID-19 pandemic, youth in the justice system should not be left behind in public health efforts. These youth cannot engage in social...
Apr 11, 2019 | The Latest from CCLP in the Field
On April 1, the Center for Children’s Law and Policy released a comprehensive assessment of Baltimore’s efforts to divert young people away from contact with the justice system. As part of a Consent Decree with the U.S. Department of Justice, the City of Baltimore and...
Feb 8, 2019 | Uncategorized
CCLP and the Burns Institute have published a fact sheet on changes to requirements in federal law related to states’ requirements to tackle overrepresentation of youth of color. Read the fact sheet, published through the Act 4 Juvenile Justice Campaign, by...
Dec 21, 2018 | The Latest from CCLP in the Field
On December 13, members Congress passed H.R. 6964, a bill to reauthorize and strengthen the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA). Thank you to all of CCLP’s partners who made passage of the JJDPA possible. For more information, visit this...
Dec 19, 2018 | The Latest from CCLP in the Field
Today, the National Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Coalition (NJJDPC), of which CCLP is a Steering Committee Member, responded to yesterday’s report from the Federal School Safety Commission. CCLP and NJJDP strongly oppose the Commission’s...
Nov 16, 2018 | The Latest from CCLP in the Field
Today, the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) and the Center for Children’s Law and Policy (CCLP) released a new publication, Model Policy: Transgender, Gender Nonconforming, and Intersex Youth in Youth Confinement Facilities, with support from the National...
Oct 19, 2018 | Other Youth Justice News
Today, 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...
Aug 7, 2018 | CCLP in the News
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 Szanyi. An August 4 article cited the use of restraint chairs and spit masks on young people, which staff...
Jul 16, 2018 | CCLP in the News
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 of color and other vulnerable youth....
