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From Confinement to Community: Easing the Tension for Incarcerated Youth
I am the judicial hearing officer for the Harlem Community Justice Center’s Juvenile Reentry Network. I see first hand the difficulties faced by young people returning from placement to their community. I also see the challenges faced by our juvenile justice system, which is struggling to do right by these kids and the communities they live in.
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In-School Mediation: Conflict Resolution in a Brooklyn School
At New York City’s Middle School 61, high levels of conflict between students has been a chronic problem. Over the last three years the Crown Heights Community Mediation Center’s School Justice Center, which works intensively with schools to transform their culture and promote peaceful resolutions to conflict, has offered mediation services to students in an effort to resolve these conflicts.
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Justice Center Partners with Police to Host Harlem Youth Fair
On September 17, 2009, the Harlem Community Justice Center, in collaboration with the New York Police Department, held a youth resource fair at the historic Harlem Armory. The fair was the brainchild of Lt. Kevin O’Connor of Patrol Borough Manhattan North, who asked the Justice Center in to help him with the fair.
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Red Hook Photo Project
In 2006, the Red Hook Youth Photography Project was developed as a response to community needs in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Over the course of a summer, young people use photography to express their feelings and questions about the world. At the end of the summer, all student portfolios are displayed in a show at the Red Hook Community Justice Center, giving participants an opportunity to be the subject of positive attention from their community.
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Spotlight on Juvenile Drug Court Technology
In the fall of 2002, the New York State Unified Court System unveiled new technology designed to support an experiment in judicial problem-solving—the Harlem Juvenile Intervention Court, a community-based juvenile drug court that links delinquent youth to drug treatment and services such as counseling, tutoring and positive social activities. The goal is to give young people the structure and support they need to avoid further criminal behavior.
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Three New Books Feature the Center for Court Innovation
Three recently released books feature the Center for Court Innovation.
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Youth Justice Board Presents Recommendations on Permanency Planning
On June 21, 2007, the Center’s Youth Justice Board presented the results of its year-long study of New York City’s permanency planning process to an audience that included New York City Council members, academics, judges, policymakers, and members of the press. The report proposes 14 specific recommendations to improve the court experiences and outcomes for adolescents in foster care.
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Youth Justice Board: Recommendations on Juvenile Reentry in New York City
Launched in January 2004, the Youth Justice Board brings together young people from throughout New York City to propose solutions to the public safety issues that affect them and their peers. Shocked to learn that 75% of all youth released from state custody are rearrested within three years, the sixteen Board members—drawn from high schools throughout the city—spent nine months researching the topic of juvenile reentry.
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