Lack of Expertise, Inadequate Funding Plaguing Mental Health Delivery to Nation’s Juvenile Justice System
From jjie.org - July 29, 2013
Are young people in the juvenile justice system with mental health disorders being properly diagnosed and treated?
STUDY: Throwing Kids In Jail Makes Crime Worse, Ruins Lives
Zack Beauchamp Jun 17, 2013
From thinkprogress.org 
Mass incarceration of American youth is actually making the country’s crime problem worse, according to a new study of Chicago youth incarceration. The study, conducted by Anna Aizer of Brown University and Joseph Doyle, Jr.
Sexual Victimization In Juvenile Facilities Reported By Youth, 2008-09
January 7, 2010  
Allen J. Beck, Paul Guerino and Paige M. Harrison
Dept of Justice  
Bureau of Justice Statistics
NCJ 228416
Presents data from the 2008-09 National Survey of Youth in Custody (NSYC), conducted in 195 juvenile confinement facilities between June 2008 and April 2009, with a sample of over 9,000 adjudicated youth.
We Need to Talk About an Injustice: America is Stone-Age on Juvenile Crime
by Grizzard
JAN 09, 2013
Daily Kos
Youth in the Adult Criminal System (Infographic) | 
Humane Exposures Blog
The Shocking Details of a Mississippi School-to-Prison Pipeline
Autistic Teen Presumed Drunk, Held For 10 Hours
From www.care2.com
For what must have been ten terrifying hours in June, Daily Mail, 17-year-old Melissa Jones was held in a police cell because police thought was she was drunk.
The Prevalence of Corporal Punishment in US Schools 
From www.thenation.com
Some 19 states still allow corporal punishment in their schools, subjecting hundreds of thousands of American children to legalized floggings every year.
Three Out Of Four Kids In Chicago’s School-To-Prison Pipeline Are Black
From thinkprogress.org
Last year, 75 percent of the students arrested in Chicago’s public schools were black, according to new research conducted by Loyola University and Project NIA.
The Crisis of Juvenile Prison Rape: A New Report
Throwaway People: Teens Sent to Die in Prison Will Get a Second Chance | The Nation
From www.thenation.com
Trina Garnett accidentally set a fatal fire when she was 14. That was in 1976. Could a Supreme Court ruling on juvenile life without parole
Collateral Consequences for Court Involved Youth
From www.sentencingproject.org  
Children involved in juvenile court face collateral consequences from their delinquency adjudications which create barriers to success. This episode of Spotlight on Youth, featuring The Sentencing Project's Ashley Nellis, focuses on the intersection of collateral consequences for youth who are court involved, as well as what is being done on policy and practice levels to reduce and eliminate these barriers.
Juvenile Offenders Sentenced To Life Can Face Harsher Treatment Than Adults: Report
From www.huffingtonpost.com 
Cops handcuff and interrogate boy, 7, for hours over missing $5
From www.nypost.com
This kid was no killer — but some callous Bronx cops sure treated him like one. Instead of earning himself a simple trip to the principal’s office, a terrified 7-year-old boy was hauled...
The Lost Boys
From www.motherjones.com 
What happens when you put juvenile prisoners in an adult isolation lockup?
The Sting of Juvenile Detention
From www.thecrimereport.org - July 29, 2013
When young people held in San Diego County’s juvenile hall are disciplined with pepper spray, guards at the Kearny Mesa Juvenile Detention Facility ask afterwards if they want a shower.
States revisit mandatory sentences for juveniles
From www.ctpost.com - August 19, 2013
Sitting with a group of boys on a porch, playing cards and drinking, the cousin said he needed to "do a robbery" and asked if Aponte wanted to tag along.
Riots erupts at Florida juvenile detention center over Cup O'Noodles
From www.theguardian.com - August 19, 2013
150 law enforcement officers called when teenage inmates destroyed Avon Park Youth Academy following basketball game
Dozens of teenage inmates destroyed a Florida detention centre in a riot over three packets of noodle soup.