The Watchdog: More Abuse in Juvenile Justice?
THE WATCHDOG – MORE ABUSE IN JUVENILE JUSTICE? “Two weeks ago, 6 youth in the juvenile unit were in a fight. After the fight was over, Polk County officers came to the dorm armed with a chemical agent...
View ArticleThe Watchdog: “School Shootings: Let’s Not Forget the Others”
The massacre at Columbine High School in 1999 was at the time the worst school based shooting in America. It was not the first, however, and many shootings and deaths have occurred since. While...
View ArticleThe Watchdog: Putting Advocates in Our Place?
In its Sunday, March 25 editorial, the Ledger, headquartered in Lakeland, was prudent to counsel Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd to take seriously the alleged abuses of children in his jail. The...
View ArticleLast Day To Register Monday October 4th
We think you’ll like this updated voter registration poster. We found the original image in storage boxes only a couple of weeks ago. The photographer is the time honored advocate, Jack Levine, and...
View ArticleStep Up for Kids: VOTE!
In the closing days of this election cycle, it is important to remember the most basic rule of elections – the candidates who best turn out the vote will win. There are a number of local and statewide...
View ArticleNumbers Too Legit to Quit – Part One
“If we don’t offer cost-cutting options, Roy, we won’t have any credibility.” The comment was made to me last week at the capitol as justification by a juvenile justice advocate as to why only 20 cents...
View ArticleNumbers Too Legit to Quit – Part Two
The new faces of poverty are children who have fallen in astounding numbers from the middle class due to home foreclosures and the long term unemployment of their parents. Having lost most or all of...
View ArticleSign On to Protect Cristian Fernandez
**LATEST UPDATE: Plea deal ‘very close’ in Cristian Fernandez murder case** State Attorney Angela Corey (R-Jacksonville) has in her authority the decision to try Cristian Fernandez as a child or as an...
View ArticleThe Watchdog: Juvenile Justice Official Subject of Critical Report
A little more than a week ago, the Miami Herald’s Carol Marbin-Miller published a story about a report issued in June by the Inspector General of the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ),...
View ArticleThe Watchdog – The Deanne Roberts Story
UPDATE The memorial service for Deanne Dewey Roberts will be available for viewing today, Wednesday, on the internet thanks to a live streaming opportunity. The address will be:...
View ArticleNumbers Too Legit to Quit – Part One
“If we don’t offer cost-cutting options, Roy, we won’t have any credibility.” The comment was made to me last week at the capitol as justification by a juvenile justice advocate as to why only 20 cents...
View ArticleNumbers Too Legit to Quit – Part Two
The new faces of poverty are children who have fallen in astounding numbers from the middle class due to home foreclosures and the long term unemployment of their parents. Having lost most or all of...
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