Can We Imagine a World Without Institutionalized Kids?
The U.S. must close its congregate care facilities and fully fund community-based alternatives for kids with mental-health issues.
youth
Rashni Stanford
Teens Younger Than 18 Could Soon Have The Right To Vote In San Francisco
A measure on the ballot next month would allow 16- and 17-year-olds to vote, a change that advocates say would crucially expand the voting pool.
‘I felt it was my responsibility’: Why A Probation Commissioner Spent 25 Hours in San Francisco’s Juvenile Hall
A member of San Francisco’s juvenile probation commission, a citizen oversight body, talked to the Daily Appeal about her decision to spend a day and a night inside the city’s juvenile hall.
Why The Digital Privacy Of Young People On Probation Matters
California Supreme Court rules that the government cannot subject a young person on probation, as a condition of release, to random searches of his electronic devices and social media accounts.
Virginia Teen Was Detained and Prosecuted for Saying ‘Oink Oink’ to Cop
Critics say that Arlington County Commonwealth Attorney Theo Stamos, who is being challenged in a June primary, has a pattern of treating children too harshly.