Juvienation
This is a news site covering developments in juvenile justice, a forum for exploring ideas on how to reform the system, and a resource for anyone interested in or curious about the subject. Along with regularly updated blog posts, this blawg is also a repository of links to relevant articles, policy papers, websites and books.
Author: Mark Sorkin is a freelance journalist who writes about youth culture and juvenile justice issues and a copy editor at The Nation.
Blawg Related Categories: Criminal Justice • Juvenile Justice
Recent Posts from Juvienation
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Juvienation on Vacation
I’m off to Italy this afternoon and won’t be posting any updates while I’m traveling. Please feel free to comb through the archives and hit the links on the blogroll while the site is on…
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NYT on JJDPA Reauth
An editorial in today’s Times offers strong support for the “comprehensive approach” to juvenile justice reform that informs the Senate’s JJDPA reauthorization bill (background here). “This bill represents an important step toward rational and compassionate…
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Registering at Blawg.com
Juvienation is now registered in the blawg.com directory, in the “Family Law” subsection of the “Legal Subjects and Areas” section. Lots of good company in there–check it out.
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George Will v. Sentencing Project
Last Sunday George Will, the bowtie-wearing dean of conservative punditry, published an op-ed in the Washington Post called “More Prisons, Less Crime.” In the piece Will gave prominent attention to his colleagues and fellow travelers…
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General-Election Obama and the Death Penalty
Why did Barack Obama disagree with the Supreme Court’s decision in Kennedy v. Louisiana? “I have said repeatedly that I think that the death penalty should be applied in very narrow circumstances for the most…
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TPM on DOJ Investigation
In today’s episode of TPM TV, Josh Marshall (who won the prestigious Polk award for exposing the US Attorneys scandal) explains why yesterday’s report on illegal hiring practices at the Justice Department, though focusing narrowly…
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Midday Grab Bag
From the Baltimore Sun, news that the Justice Department filed motions yesterday to end federal oversight of two dysfunctional juvenile justice facilities in Maryland. From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, an op-ed by Sara Totonchi, public policy…
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OJJDP Chief of Staff: You’re Fired!
Youth Today’s Patrick Boyle, who broke the story on the scandalous OJJDP grantmaking process, has an update following last week’s oversight committee hearings. OJJDP chief of staff Michele DeKonty, who took the Fifth rather than…
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Illegal Hiring at the Justice Department
The Justice Department’s inspector general and the Office of Professional Responsibility released a joint report yesterday investigating allegations of politicized hiring at the DOJ. The report, according to the introduction (a PDF of the whole…
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Backlash in Kansas?
Judging by these two short pieces–one yesterday, one today–the Kansas Supreme Court’s decision last Friday to extend to juvenile defendants the right to a jury trial has prompted some concerns among legal professionals who fear…