Youth Law News, October-December 2009
Thanks to funding from the Public Welfare Foundation and the Atlantic Philanthropies, NCYL is expanding its Juvenile Justice Reform Project. This expansion includes increased involvement in Wyoming and Arkansas, where NCYL is currently working, and the launching of new juvenile justice reform work in other states, including California.
Youth Law News, July-September 2009
NCYL is working to reform the juvenile justice system in Arkansas, partnering with the Division of Youth Services (DYS) and other stakeholders. The goal of the reform effort is to reduce the use of secure detention to address the problems of youth in trouble, and to expand community-based alternatives.
Youth Law News, January-March 2009
NCYL continues its work to reform the juvenile justice system in Arkansas, partnering with the Division of Youth Services (DYS) and other stakeholders.
Youth Law News, October-December 2008
NCYL had received $204,000 from JEHT in 2008 to fund its work reforming the juvenile justice system in Arkansas, but will not receive an additional $25,000 that was promised before the end of the year.
May 2008 - NCYL has been actively working with the Arkansas Division of Youth Services (DYS) to reform Arkansas’ juvenile justice system. NCYL Senior Attorney Pat Arthur, in collaboration with DYS, has co-authored a report that provides a framework for reform.
January 2008 - NCYL and Arkansas’ Division of Youth Services (DYS) became partners in an effort to reduce the state’s reliance on incarceration, and increase its capacity to serve youth in their communities.
April 3, 2007 - NCYL has joined forces with Arkansas’s Disability Rights Center (DRC) to reform the state’s juvenile justice system.
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Aug. 5, 2010
Arkansas’ juvenile-justice system has overcome safety and education problems that for years concerned advocates and federal authorities, and now it’s an example for the nation, state leaders and others said Wednesday.
Arkansas Times, Aug. 19, 2010
Lost in the daily reports on the use of state vehicles by elected officials and employees in the early days of August was some good news about Arkansas's long-plagued juvenile justice system.
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