Larome Myrick, Ph.D., director of the Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth and Families and a valued member of the Correctional News Editorial Advisory Board, was honored with the prestigious Marion Mattingly Lifetime Achievement Award by the Coalition for Juvenile Justice at its 2025 National Conference in Washington.
San Diego County has officially completed the $98 million Youth Transition Campus in Kearny Mesa, Calif., capping a years-long effort to replace the county’s outdated Juvenile Hall, which offered “limited space for rehabilitative programming and behavior health services,” according to Tamika Nelson, chief probation officer.
The Women Working in Corrections & Juvenile Justice (WWICJJ 2021) Conference has been scheduled for October 10-13 in Savannah and will be held in person.
The in-progress Calcasieu Parish Office of Juvenile Justice Services (CPOJJS) building in Lake Charles, previously slowed by weather elements, is now on track for an early 2021 debut.
More and more, the planning and design of these new facilities focus on positive outcomes by providing in-custody youth with appropriate housing and program space within a normative environment.
King County Executive Dow Constantine endured jeers from 30-plus protestors who are seeking to block construction of its new Children and Family Justice Center (CFJC).
Drum roll, please…here are the top five most-read stories of 2017.
HDR is slated to work with expert stakeholders through the Youth Justice Redevelopment Project team of Victoria, Australia, to develop the design and master plan for a new Youth Justice Center.
With Randy DeMent at Its Helm, CCC Wins Nationwide DEC Recognition
When they were kids, Lynn Ozier and his little brother, Jack, would work up a sweat, swatting a sling blade at the weeds growing between the steel beams stacked behind their daddy’s factory in the Alabama hills.
Recognizing longtime and emerging industry leaders.
Winners announced at annual Corrections Summit.
