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A top priority of Florida’s Senate President is now ready for a floor vote. But after some political maneuvering, the bill also contains a controversial...
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Records from the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice show Orange County processes the highest number of juvenile arrests statewide, and most of those…
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If a juvenile’s first offense is a minor crime in Florida, officers don’t have to make an arrest. They have the option of handing out what’s known as a…
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A bill aimed at decreasing the number of juveniles charged as adults is still alive in the Florida Senate, after narrowly passing its first committee...
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Billed as an alternative to suspension and expulsion, restorative justice efforts are transforming discipline, and classroom culture, across Southwest…
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Children’s advocates say civil citations are catching on, but too many young people are still being arrested for relatively minor crimes.
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Governor Rick Scott signed a bill Tuesday aimed at ending a decades-long fight over juvenile detention costs. Starting in 2004, the Legislature required...
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Among the many bills Governor Rick Scott signed into law last week is a measure expunging the criminal records of certain juvenile offenders.
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A bill that would give juveniles more leniency passed its second Senate committee Wednesday. But law enforcement officials don’t want it to pass.
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The Florida Senate’s Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations Committee has cleared a number of bills related to juvenile justice reform. One proposal...