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The New Jersey Supreme Court has decided that young people who were sentenced to long prison terms can petition for release after 20 years.

There is a small window of time that Michigan advocates are hoping can work to pass legislation that would reclassify 17-year-olds as juveniles in the eyes of the law. If they can pull it off, it will leave just three states in America that consider all 17-year-olds to be adults in the eyes of the law.

When Karina Cabrera first sat down with Angelica,* a 15-year-old enrolled in a juvenile diversion program at Centinela Youth Services (CYS), the case manager remembers the youth’s icy stare and clipped answers.

Focus on the Figures is a regular partnership between The Imprint and KidsData.org, a nonprofit dedicated to providing data on the health and well-being of California’s children. Mental health is critical to equipping young people for the challenges of growing up and living as healthy adults.

By Andrew Keltner  It was back in August 2012 that employees of the Sequoyah Treatment Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico, wrote then administrator Anita Westbrook a “memorandum of concern” citing grievances considered ”improper, if not unlawful acts” being carried out at the center.

By Sara Oon “I wish you were never born.” Such a simple phrase, yet capable of causing deeper, long-lasting scars in children than bruises and broken bones, according to a study published in January.

Hogg Foundation Houston, Texas (512) 471- 5041 Hogg Foundation for Mental Health The Hogg Foundation for Mental Health at The University of Texas at Austin has awarded eight grants totaling roughly $10 million.

The majority of adults who have substance abuse disorders began abusing drugs during  adolescence and young adulthood. The adolescent brain is wired to take risks. For young people using drugs and alcohol it is important to seek substance abuse treatment as soon as possible in order to minimize the consequences later in life.