NCYL in Wyoming Media Coverage

Youth Law News, January-March 2011
NCYL has been working to significantly reform juvenile justice practices in Wyoming.

Youth Law News, April-June 2010
Advocates and other stakeholders have been working together to reduce Wyoming’s over-reliance on incarceration for juvenile offenders.  As part of this effort, NCYL and the Wyoming chapter of the ACLU have issued a new report focusing on the widespread use of adult courts to prosecute children for minor offenses.

Youth Law News, January-March 2009
NCYL is also working with advocates, the government, and stakeholders in Wyoming to reform that state's juvenile justice system. Due to a confusing Juvenile Code, and the "system" that has evolved as a result, there is no unified juvenile court system in Wyoming, or any rational way to determine juvenile court jurisdiction over youth who are arrested.

Casper Star-Tribune, April 19, 2011
Gov. Matt Mead’s administration is lobbying Wyoming lawmakers to support creation of a unified juvenile court system in the state.

Billings Gazette, April 7, 2011
Wyoming should establish a unified juvenile court system and a data collection process that measures the state’s success in rehabilitating young people, according to report released Friday by the American Civil Liberties Union.

Caspar Star Tribune, July 19, 2010
Senior Attorney Pat Arthur comments on Wyoming's practice of prosecuting children as adults.

Caspar Star Tribune, Jan. 6, 2009
Senior Attorney Pat Arthur has called on the Wyoming to close Caspar's much-criticized juvenile jail.

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