By Margaret Goldman Juvenile Justice Information Exchange (JJIE) While our nation’s steadily declining rates of juvenile incarceration are encouraging, widening racial disparities are a pressing call for concern. Racial disparities often begin in the school system and persist at…

By George Diepenbrock Futurity Detention centers that hold immigrant women and their families function like jails and prisons, report researchers. The findings challenge federal officials’ description of the centers as “alternative to detention.” Women held with their children in…

By Rebecca White Juvenile Justice Information Exchange NEW YORK — After apologizing for how hot it was — his office had no air conditioning — then nodding at a floor fan whizzing loudly, Kellen Felmine sat down at his…