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The Florida Department of Juvenile Justice (FDJJ) is a state agency of Florida that operates juvenile detention centers. Its headquarters are in the Knight Building in Tallahassee . [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
Only one in 10 of the more than 20,000 children tried as adults in Florida were given juvenile sanctions and less than 5% received a “youthful offender” designation, the Herald found in an ...
A girl's court is a gender responsive approach for girls in the juvenile justice system that links young "at-risk" females to social service agencies, providing informal sessions on everything from body image, education and counseling with a team of adults to provide trust and support.
Teen or youth courts provide an alternative court system through which juvenile offenders can be heard and judged by their peers.Most teen courts have strict guidelines for youth volunteers who participate in the sentencing process, which generally includes training, a modified bar exam, peer mentoring and compliance with a code of conduct.
A memorandum shows the current cost of juvenile court fees and fines at the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida at the Miami-Dade Children’s Courthouse in downtown Miami on Monday, February 13 ...
Between 2008 and 2022, Florida charged around 20,500 kids in adult court. Three out of four of the children came from minority communities.
In 2008, the Annie E. Casey Foundation called Pace "the most effective program in the United States for keeping adolescent girls out of the juvenile justice system." [ 2 ] As of 2016, PACE Center for Girls had 19 locations in Florida with a plan to open another location in Georgia . [ 3 ]
GAINESVILLE – Hackers broke into the computer network of the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice in Tallahassee, which runs the state's juvenile detention centers and programs to steer ...