Young people are being moved from Natural Bridge as DJJ prepares to close it very soon. The Roanoke Times has an article on the closing. Except for the unnecessary name calling (“baby-faced bruisers” and “pubescent thugs”), it’s a good article about what made Natural Bridge work.
Web Sites
- * Families & Allies of Virginia’s Youth Home Page *
- Act 4 Juvenile Justice
- Books Not Bars
- Building Blocks for Youth
- Campaign for Youth Justice
- Center for Children’s Law and Policy
- Children’s Defense Fund — Cradle to Prison Pipeline Campaign
- JJ Today blog
- JustChildren Program of the Legal Aid Justice Center
- Justice Policy Institute
- Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI)
- Juvienation
- Mid-Atlantic Juvenile Defender Center
- National Parent Caucus
- Parents4Change
- Virginia Organizing Project
Pages
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