Raising the Age

Land of Contrasts

A Broken System

Finding Champions

Making Juvenile Justice Reform Mainstream

Answering Objections

Full Court Press

Winning the Battle and the War

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Raising the Age

Raising the Age

A Land of Contrasts and Steady Habits

A Land of Contrasts and Steady Habits

Connecticut Politics

The National Journal: About Connecticut

Mike Lawlor: Youthful mistakes had lifelong consequences

Making the Case

Robert L. Johnson: Treating Kids Like Adult Criminals Creates Adult Criminals

Dartmouth neuroscientist Abigail Baird: Connecticut teens don’t have
adult reasoning capacity, but face adult consequences

A Broken System

A Broken System

Chris Rapillo: Children in the System: Who Are They?

Mike Lawlor: Youthful mistakes had lifelong consequences

Liz Ryan: Connecticut Success: a Platform for National Progress in Juvenile Justice

The Human Cost of Bad Policy

Video: A Mother’s Story

Finding Champions

Finding Champions

Toni Harp: Choosing a “More Evolved” Way

Toni Walker: Legalizing Adolescence

David Labriola: Common sense finds a home on both sides of the aisle

Edward Meyer: Get Tough on Crime, Not on Kids

William J. Lavery: Connecticut Charts a New Course for Teen Offenders

Emily Tow Jackson: Making an Issue of Juvenile Justice

Leo Arnone: A Chance to Make a Difference

Video: A Mother’s Story

Johnna Paradis: A Mother’s Day Plea for Justice

Kat Van Scriver: Sparking Activism

A Conversation with Merva Jackson

Sister Rosemary: A Future in the Making

Making Juvenile Justice Reform Mainstream

Making Juvenile Justice Reform Mainstream

Using Science

Dartmouth neuroscientist Abigail Baird: Connecticut teens don’t have
adult reasoning capacity, but face adult consequences

Connecticut Health Professionals, International Human Rights
Organization Call on State to Remove Youths from Adult Prisons

Steve Berkowitz: Child Prisoners: An Offense to Human Rights and Medical Ethics

Julie Revaz: Probation and Teens: A Chance to Make a Difference

Answering Objections

Answering Objections

Toni Harp and Toni Walker: The Right Legislation, for the Right Reasons

William J. Lavery: Connecticut Charts a New Course for Teen Offenders

Hector Glynn: Sending Juveniles to Adult Prisons

Letter to the Editor from Law Enforcement Officer

Full Court Press

Full Court Press

Abby Anderson: Small Targeted Investments Yielded Major Reform

A Conversation with Merva Jackson

Sister Rosemary: A Future in the Making

Kat Van Scriver: Sparking Activism

Mobilizing Partners

Testimony Provided by Diana Gonzalez

Liz Ryan: Connecticut Success: a Platform for National Progress in Juvenile Justice

Connecticut Health Professionals, International Human Rights
Organization Call on State to Remove Youths from Adult Prisons

A Conversation with Merva Jackson

Courting the Media

Links from The New York Times

Robert L. Johnson: Treating Kids Like Adult Criminals Creates Adult Criminals

Winning the Battle and the War

Winning the Battle and the War

William J. Lavery: Connecticut Charts a New Course for Teen Offenders

Toni Harp: Choosing a “More Evolved” Way

Press Release: Raise the Age Proposal Removed from Budget Agreement

Rell spokesman on Raising the Age (from New Haven Independent)

Financial Meltdown

Toni Harp: Choosing a “More Evolved” Way

Two Brothers

Painful Concessions

Early Successes

Two Brothers

Next Steps

Two Brothers

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The Raise the Age Campaign was organized by the Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance. To learn more about Raise the Age and the other issues affecting Connecticut’s most vulnerable children, visit www.ctjja.org.