CTJJA in the News
Recent news articles about The Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance
Stemming the tide of school-based arrests
Hartford Courant, January 2012
Executive Director Abby Anderson writes in The Courant about stemming the tide of school-based arrests. website
Juvenile Justice Legislative Victories
FoxCT, July 2011
Abby Anderson appears on FoxCT talking about recent legislative victories and what they mean for juvenile justice. STREAMING MOVIE
Effective School and Police Partnerships
CT-N, October 2010
CT-N OnDemand: Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance forum on building effective school and police partnerships to reduce in-school arrests. STREAMING MOVIE
Slamming the Door on At-Risk Youth, Families
The Hartford Courant, July 1, 2009
Martha Stone, executive director at the Center for Children’s Advocacy, discusses the negative consequences of Governor Rell’s proposal to eliminate DCF Voluntary Services for new children and families. PDF, 19.1 KB
Cablevision Editorial Reply: Don’t Delay Raising the Age
Cablevision, March 2009
CTJJA Executive Director Abby Anderson responds to a Cablevision editorial on delaying Raise the Age. WMV MOVIE, 5.5 MB
Criminalizing Kids: Op-Ed on the Effects
of Zero-Tolerance Policies in Schools
The Hartford Courant, June 15, 2008
CTJJA Executive Director Abby Anderson discusses how zero-tolerance policies in schools push “problem children” into the school-to-prison pipeline in her Hartford Courant op-ed. PDF, 45.8 KB
CT Post: Juvenile Justice System Changes Outlined
Connecticut Post, June 13, 2008
Amanda Cuda reports on the discussion panel on the Raise the Age legislation that included DCF Deputy Director Floyd Blair, Judge Christine E. Keller, Rep. Toni E. Walker, and Office of Policy and Management Secretary Robert Genuario at the daylong conference “Leading Change: Rethinking Juvenile Justice” on June 12, 2008. PDF, 88.3 KB
Press Conference with Congressman Murphy
NBC 30, March 4, 2008
View coverage of U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy introducing his Juvenile Justice Improvement Act of 2008 with state Sen. Toni Harp, state Rep. Toni Walker and CTJJA Executive Director Abby Anderson. Murphy’s plan will make national juvenile justice improvements similar to recent reforms in Connecticut. WMV movie, 1.4 MB
NPR Story Highlights Missouri Juvenile Justice
Missouri sees teen offenders as kids, not inmates. All Things Considered, October 30, 2007. website
Age Raised
New Haven Independent, July 9, 2007
New Haven Independent reports on state Rep. Toni Walker, one of the lead legislative champions of the “Raise the Age” bill. MS WORD, 83.5 KB
Assembly Operates in its Own Unique Way
New Haven Register, July 2, 2007
This article looks out how Connecticut’s legislature eventually worked out a budget compromise that everyone could agree on, and equates Raise the Age with “being on the side of angels.”MS WORD, 26.5 KB
Teen’s Prison Suicide Draws Outrage
Hartford Courant, July 26, 2005
As Probes Begin, Advocates Contend Again: Youths Don’t Belong In Adult System. PDF, 49.8 KB
Youth offenders get new option
The Stamford Advocate, June 19, 2005
This article announces the creation a new Juvenile Review Board for Stamford, designed to keep first-time and low-level juvenile offenders out of court. PDF, 289 KB
Report: Don’t Jail Teens with Adults
The New Haven Register, March 15, 2005
The Washington, D.C.-based Coalition for Juvenile Justice, in a study titled “Childhood on Trial: The Failure of Trying and Sentencing Youth in Adult Criminal Court,” said “adult time for adult crime” policies have failed. The Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance was one of the organizations asked to participate in the release of the report in Boston and provide comment on trying and sentencing youth as adults. PDF, 25.8 KB
Redefining Juvenile Criminals
Reprinted from The New York Times