project knuckleheads Project Knucklehead Is Fighting to Keep Kids Out of the Juvenile Justice System in LA Project Knucklehead was inspired by the life experience of its founder and director, Dr. Amir Whitaker, who entered the juvenile justice system at the age of 15. Despite his tough start in life, he went on to earn five academic degrees and is now an educator, author and civil rights lawyer. “Never give up on the knuckleheads,” he says. Project...
juvenile justice reform Is the Juvenile Justice System Really the Best Way to Help Troubled Kids? A Michigan Judge has refused to release a Black 15-year-old girl who was incarcerated after failing to do her homework online, saying that the girl is benefiting from the juvenile detention center. Joshua Rovner of The Sentencing Project says youth of color are four times as likely as white youth to be detained or committed. He joined LX News to...
Los Angeles Poetry Is Changing the Lives of At-Risk Youth in Los Angeles Street Poets is a non-profit organization using poetry, hip hop and storytelling to break the cycle of violence on the streets of Los Angeles and in juvenile probation centers. NBCLX storyteller Cody Broadway shows us the project that is on the frontlines of transforming the culture of communities in South L.A.
purpose over profit Cafe Momentum in Dallas Is Giving Teens From the Juvenile Justice System a Second Chance Cafe Momentum is more than just a great Dallas restaurant — it’s a place where teens coming out of the juvenile justice system are given a second chance. During a 12-month paid internship program created by Cafe Momentum founder Chad Houser, the teens are taught life and job skills and made to feel part of a team — sometimes for...
