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Announcing the 20th Annual MJS Awards Finalists
April 25, 2013
It is with pleasure that we announce the finalists for this year’s Media for a Just Society (MJS) Awards. The finalists include authors, journalists, photographers, directors, and producers from outlets like the New York Times, the Huffington Post, the New Yorker, National Public Radio, and others...
California's Prison Crowding Is Growing, State Report Says
June 19, 2013 | by Paige St. John | Los Angeles Times
Despite a Supreme Court decision ordering a reduction of its prison population to 137.5% of capacity, California's prisons are still at 150% capacity.
Throwing Children in Prison Turns Out to Be a Really Bad Idea
June 18, 2013 | by Brad Plumer | Wonkblog, The Washington Post
Brad Plumer describes a new National Bureau of Economic Research report that suggests that juvenile incarceration results in large decreases in the likelihood of high school completion and large increases in the likelihood of adult incarceration. For more on NCCD's work on restorative justice...

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Moving Forward: Eliminating Prison Rape
June 19, 2013 |  by Peggy Ritchie

For years, rape in prisons was swept under the carpet under the guise of consensual sex, gay sex, or a matter of prison culture. Historically, it took advocacy and human rights groups to stand up and say that in many cases this was rape.

It is not that we as administrators had blind eyes...

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Using Graphic Novels as Educational Tools for Youth Offenders
June 17, 2013 |  by Caleb Bess

The Project on Addressing Prison Rape created the End Silence: Youth Speaking Up about Sexual Abuse in Custody series of graphic novels to educate youth in custodial settings about identifying, addressing, and responding to sexual abuse in custody. The Project created these...

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What We Need to Protect Vulnerable Adults
June 14, 2013 |  by Kristen Johnson, PhD

Tomorrow, June 15, is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. Unfortunately, this is not the only day elders face physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional and financial exploitation, and neglect. Every year, approximately one in ten adults age 60 or older are reported as a victim of some type of...

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Events

NCCD Conference on Children, Youth, and Families
May 14, 2014 - May 16, 2014 | 8:00 am - 5:00 pm |  San Diego, CA

The NCCD Conference on Children, Youth, and Families seeks to engage all systems working with children and families, including child protection, foster care, juvenile justice, and education. In the...

The 20th Annual Media for a Just Society Awards
October 2, 2013 | 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm |  The W Hotel, San Francisco, CA

The Media for a Just Society (MJS) Awards are the only national recognition of media whose work furthers public understanding of criminal justice, juvenile justice, child welfare, and adult...