Juvenile Justice News

The Horizon Juvenile Center in the Mott Haven.

City’s Youth Lockups Are Failing Vulnerable Detainees, State Audit Finds

April 10, 2025, 5:28 p.m.April 10, 2025, 5:28 p.m.

The report from state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli blames the istration for Children’s Services for a raft of issues concerning operations and oversight.

A recreation field at the Horizon Juvenile Center in the Mott Haven was visible from the 2/5 train.

Juvenile Justice

Overwhelmed Juvenile Detention Centers Fail to Curb Violence and Misconduct, City Watchdog Finds

Oct. 24, 2024, 9:19 p.m.Oct. 25, 2024, 11:30 a.m.

The city’s child welfare agency said the report doesn’t reflect the “current improved status” in its two youth lock-ups.

Nijere Stewart speaks at Brooklyn Borough Hall about being sexually abused while at the Crossroads Juvenile Facility in Brooklyn.

Juvenile Justice

Hundreds Sue City Alleging Past Sex Abuse at Youth Detention Centers

June 13, 2024, 5:15 p.m.June 13, 2024, 5:15 p.m.

Some 250 lawsuits point to what lawyers call a “culture of secrecy” in the juvenile jail system, filed under a City Council law enabling lawsuits for long-ago acts.

Mayor Eric Adams welcomes students on Rikers Island during the first day of school.

Jails

Young Adults on Rikers Say They Are Systematically Blocked From School

April 4, 2024, 5:09 p.m.April 17, 2024, 10:35 a.m.

Detainees ages 18-21 are entitled to attend the public school in the penal facility but are frequently told they’re ineligible or that there are no guards available.

The Pleasantville Cottage Campus, which is home to about 160 young people with behavioral challenges.

Child Welfare

Pleasantville Struggles to Handle Influx of NYC Kids in Crisis

Jan. 3, 2024, 5:00 a.m.Jan. 8, 2024, 4:48 p.m.

Bucolic Pleasantville, in Westchester County, is seeing a showdown between leaders of a century-old children’s residence unequipped to treat acute mental health challenges and locals tired of troubled young people disturbing the peace. What happens to the kids?

Students walk by the NYPD’s 40th Precinct in Mott Haven, The Bronx.

Juvenile Justice

New Push for State Bill to Stop Cops From Grilling Kids Without Lawyers

Dec. 13, 2023, 5:00 a.m.Dec. 12, 2023, 7:32 p.m.

While police are required to read children their “Miranda Rights” juvenile justice advocates say most minors don’t understand when they are waiving constitutional rights.

Justice

As New York City Struggles to Solve Old Murders, Families Lose Trust in the Homicide Investigation Process

Feb. 16, 2023, 5:00 a.m.Feb. 16, 2023, 5:37 p.m.

When cases go cold, loved ones can feel left behind by law enforcement.

Yusef Salaam, one of the five men wrongfully convicted in the Central Park jogger case, speaks at City Hall in of a bill to provide counsel to young people being interrogated by police, Oct. 29, 2019.

Juvenile Justice

Lawyers, Advocates Prod Albany for More Legal Protections for Kids Under Arrest

Dec. 7, 2022, 5:00 a.m.Dec. 7, 2022, 11:10 a.m.

A broad coalition of groups plan to rally Dec. 15 for a proposed bill that would prevent cops from interrogating minors without counsel or taking them to a precinct without consulting parents first.

Juvenile Justice

‘Raise the Age’ Youth Jail Consultants Get $1.2M Extension as Situation Worsened

March 15, 2022, 4:24 p.m.March 15, 2022, 4:26 p.m.

City Hall hired consulting giant KPMG in 2018 to help manage the transfer of teens from adult jails to juvenile detention. How’s that going?

Juvenile Justice

Youth, Advocates See Pros and Cons in Adams’ Sprawling Public Safety Proposals

Jan. 27, 2022, 10:59 p.m.Jan. 27, 2022, 11:18 p.m.

With a focus on youth employment, foster care and homelessness, Adams’ broad plan has features that excite juvenile justice champions, but his approach to policing and prosecution has some worried about potential abuses.

Juvenile Justice

City’s Youth Lockups Are Failing Vulnerable Detainees, State Audit Finds

Overwhelmed Juvenile Detention Centers Fail to Curb Violence and Misconduct, City Watchdog Finds

Hundreds Sue City Alleging Past Sex Abuse at Youth Detention Centers

Young Adults on Rikers Say They Are Systematically Blocked From School

Pleasantville Struggles to Handle Influx of NYC Kids in Crisis

New Push for State Bill to Stop Cops From Grilling Kids Without Lawyers

As New York City Struggles to Solve Old Murders, Families Lose Trust in the Homicide Investigation Process

Lawyers, Advocates Prod Albany for More Legal Protections for Kids Under Arrest

‘Raise the Age’ Youth Jail Consultants Get $1.2M Extension as Situation Worsened

Youth, Advocates See Pros and Cons in Adams’ Sprawling Public Safety Proposals

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