[Highlights from the week's juvenile justice and justice related articles, reports, videos and more that are worth your time.]
 

via NY Times: [video] ‘The War on Drugs is a Failure’ 
The Gregory Brothers’ latest musical mash-up features Gov. Chris Christie, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, former Congressman Ron Paul and special guests who argue for the reform of U.S. drug laws.
 

 
via Mistakes Kids Makes: ‘All Kids Make Mistakes’
66% of kids who have been incarcerated never return to school. It doesn’t have to be this way. All kids make mistakes, and all kids deserve the chance to be held accountable but learn from those mistakes. Learn more at http://mistakeskidsmake.org/

 
via JJIE.org: ‘Juvenile Detention Alternatives Gain Ground in States, D.C’
Last week, juvenile justice system practitioners and advocates in all fields convened in Atlanta, Georgia to discuss … Read More »

[Highlights from the week's juvenile justice and justice related articles, reports, videos and more that are worth your time.]
 

new video from TakePart TV: ‘How Long is Forever: Fair Sentencing of Youth’

 
 
via Prison Policy Initative: ‘Return to Sender: Postcard-Only Mail Policies in Jails’
“Over the past five years, dozens of local jails across the country have followed a harmful new policy trend: mandating that all personal written correspondence to or from jail take place via postcard.” This new report from the Prison Policy Instititue, by Leah Sakala, explores why this is a major step backwards for the justice system.

 
via Campaign for Youth Justice: ‘Kids, Cops, and Confessions Explores Mysterious World of the Interrogation Room’
A good summary on the CFYJ blog on the new book Kids, Cops, and Confessions: Inside the Interrogation Room by University of Minnesota Professor Barry C.Feld. Leah … Read More »

via the Village Voice: ‘Arresting Images: Richard Ross…’
The Juvenile-in-Justice exhibition at Ronald Feldman Gallery received a lovely review in the Village Voice. Robert Shuster writes, “The understated display here (the unframed images are simply pinned to the wall) pulls you close, face-to-face with troubled kids. Their own words, recorded by Ross in interviews, appear on text panels—stories of family strife, confessions of guilt, and a doleful resignation to a vast, often harsh system that doesn’t offer anyone much chance for rehab. Ross’s compositions capture that quiet misery.”
Read the review HERE.

via NY Times: ‘True Believers in Justice’

In this NY Times Op-Doc The filmmaker Dawn Porter follows Travis Williams, a young public defender in the Deep South, who struggles against long hours, low pay and staggering caseloads to bring justice to all. A heartening recognition of the important, sometimes … Read More »

In September I was at Penn State for a couple of jam-packed days– exhibiting the work, lecturing, sitting on a panel, and visiting with faculty and students. It was a great trip, completely multidisciplinary and educational for all. One of the days I recorded an interview for Conversations from Penn State. It’s now available online HERE, and embedded below. Enjoy! Also this is just a 20 minute segment… be sure to come to the lecture at the Vera Institute of Justice on January 9th at 6pm for more! (RSVP HERE)

via the Beyond Bars campaign: a new video from the Safekeepers video series

From the video description: “Meet Matthew Fogg, a former U.S. Marshal whose exploits led him to be nicknamed “Batman.” When he noticed that all of his team’s drug raids were in black areas, he suggested doing the same in the suburbs. His boss didn’t take kindly to the idea.”

via the Chicago Reporter: “Striking a Major Chord: a music teacher reaches out to this students through his art”

How Dyryl Burnett is sharing his passion for music with his students– most of whom are from poor and disadvantaged neighborhoods on Chicago’s South Side. Burnett, who grew up on the West Side, teaches music making to his class– last year they made a full length mix tape together. Burnett says, “Music allows me to teach life to them. That’s … Read More »

Last week PBS Newshour aired a piece on Juvenile-in-Justice and education for youth in confinement. You can read the article here and watch the video piece below. Big thanks to Michael Fritz and April Brown at PBS.