Juvenile Justice

30+ min ago   (395+ words) September 21, 2026 — 5:00am It took only a week after two mistaken identity gangland hits in as many days for the NSW government to introduce harsher penalties for child offenders linked to organised crime. And therein lies the problem. Marco Tapia, 23, and Joshua…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (304+ words) Close the youth prisons first. Invent the replacement later. That was California’s plan. Then the design changed. In 2020, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 823, which closed the Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ), and shifted California’s highest-risk, highest-need youth onto the…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (627+ words) Numerous new laws are taking effect this October across Maryland, many of which impose new restrictions, while others expand previously passed laws. One piece of legislation that has drawn the attention of many Marylanders is Senate Bill 111, which outlines new…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (433+ words) Nine years, 165 mentions in parliament, and a motion and now finally the KAP’s relocation sentencing policy has been adopted by the Queensland parliament, the KAP leader Robbie Katter has said. The KAP first took relocation sentencing to the 2017 State Election,…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (178+ words) In some of the happenings after dark yesterday, Labor’s flagged motion criticising the government for Friday’s credit rating downgrade and calling for the “true cost” of each Olympic venue was flipped on its head. Through the magic of the Crisafulli…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (414+ words) 16 Sept 2026 10:10 AM IST Taking serious note of the lapses in preliminary assessments of a minors under Section 15 of the Juvenile Justice Act (“JJ Act”), the Rajasthan High Court has ordered constitution of a panel of Clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, and experts…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (182+ words) Before we get into the parliamentary sitting proper, we’ve got some detail out of the morning’s committee sessions. Particularly one concerning the government’s floated “breach bail, go to jail” bill, which has sparked serious criticism from several major organisations and…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (385+ words) Queensland Corrective Services has welcomed the latest cohort of Custodial Correctional Officers to the frontline at Lotus Glen Correctional Centre, with 25 new recruits graduating the Custodial Officer Entry Program in Mareeba today. They join more than 200 new custodial officers currently…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (454+ words) The Minns Labor Government will introduce reforms to strengthen the justice system and keep the community safe. The Justice Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous) Bill (No 2) 2026 to be introduced to Parliament today will improve existing legal frameworks and court processes for children…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (245+ words) Queensland Corrective Services has welcomed the latest cohort of Custodial Correctional Officers to the frontline at Lotus Glen Correctional Centre, with 25 new recruits graduating the Custodial Officer Entry Program in Mareeba today. They join more than 200 new custodial officers currently…...