Other Testimony

Here is testimony given by researchers, attorneys and advocates:

National

• Inter-American Commission on Human Rights - March 2013

• National Association of Counties - A Case for Juvenile Justice: Youth Safety and Prevention - March 2013
  

• U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Solitary Confinement - June 2012

• Statement of Nicole Miera on Reassessing Solitary Confinement: The Human Rights, Fiscal, and Public Safety Consequences - June 2012

• Statement of the Juvenile Justice Initiative on Reassessing Solitary Confinement: The Human Rights, Fiscal, and Public Safety Consequences - June 2012

• Statement of Grace Warren on Reassessing Solitary Confinement: The Human Rights, Fiscal, and Public Safety Consequences - June 2012

• Statement of Tracy McClard of FOR-J on Reassessing Solitary Confinement: The Human Rights, Fiscal, and Public Safety Consequences - June 2012

• Statement of Vicky Gunderson on Reassessing Solitary Confinement: The Human Rights, Fiscal, and Public Safety Consequences - June 2012

• Statement of Sharon LeGore on Reassessing Solitary Confinement: The Human Rights, Fiscal, and Public Safety Consequences - June 2012

• CFYJ Statement on Reassessing Solitary Confinement: The Human Rights, Fiscal, and Public Safety Consequences - June 2012

 

 

Other Testimony

• Testimony: Liz Ryan, Attorney General's Defending Childhood Task Force

• Testimony of the Honorable Gerald Hyland, Board Member, National Association of Counties, on 2013 CJS Appropriations - March 2012

 

 

State 

Colorado

• Testimony: Shay Bilchik, Center for Juvenile Justice Reform, before the Colorado House Judiciary Committee

 

Connecticut

• Presentation: Toni Walker on Raise the Age (2011)

 

District of Columbia

• Testimony of Liz Ryan, Campaign for Youth Justice, for the D.C. Council Judiciary Committee on the Oversight of the D.C. Department of Corrections - February 29, 2012

• Testimony of Liz Ryan, Campaign for Youth Justice, for the DC Council Committee on Public Safety - December 15, 2011

• Youth Involvement Power Point Presentation - November 2011

• Testimony of Liz Ryan, Campaign For Youth Justice, for the DC Council Committee on Public Safety, March 11, 2011

• CFYJ testimony before the DC Council Human Services Committee hearing on September 23, 2010

• Testimony: Jennifer L. Woolard, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Georgetown University (PDF 84 KB)

• Testimony: E. Michelle Tupper, Board Member, DC Lawyers for Youth (PDF 124 KB)

• Testimony: Consquences of Transfer of Children into Adult Criminal Court - Malcolm Young, Executive Director, The Sentencing Project (PDF 296 KB)

• Testimony: Liz Ryan, President of CFYJ (PDF 4.87 MB)

• Testimony: Laura Hankins, Special Counsel to the Director of the Public Defender Service (PDF 2.53 MB)

• Testimony: Kristen Henning, Professor of Law and Co-Director, Juvenile Justice Clinic &_Wallace Mlyniec, Professor of Law and Director,_Juvenile Justice Clinic of the Georgetown University Law Center (PDF 2.63 MB)

• Testimony: Ashley Nellis, Ph.D., Research Analyst, The Sentencing Project (PDF 2.52 MB)

• Testimony: Alan Pemberton, Lead Counsel to Plaintiff in Jerry M. Case (PDF 1.03 MB)

• Testimony: Scott Perry, Director of the Latin American Youth Center Workforce Investment and Social Enterprise Division (PDF 810 KB)

• Testimony: Professor Richard Redding, Professor fo Law, Chapman University (PDF 26.9 KB)

 

Georgia

 

• Testimony of Marc Schindler, Youth Law Center, on SB 440 Georgia State Senate Legislative Hearing (PDF 140 KB)

 

Illinois

 

• Testimony on Raising Age of Adulthood SB458 Cook County Legislation and Intergovernmental Hearing (PDF 276 KB)

• Statement for the Record: Senator Durban on Raise the Age in Illinois (November 2011)

 

Maryland

  

• Testimonies to the Members of the Maryland Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee on Juvenile Justice Reform Measures - February 21, 2013

• • Kara Aanenson, CLIA
  • Kevin Junior, CLIA
  • Camilla Roberson, PJC
  • Eileen Siple, Community Member

• Testimony of Liz Ryan, Campaign for Youth Justice, before the Maryland Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee - March 1, 2012

 

• Testimony on Maryland Transfer Law Michael Bochenek, Counsel to the Children's Rights Division of Human Rights Watch (PDF 276 KB)

• Sheryl L. Marshall, Maryland Juvenile Justice Coalition (DOC 28 KB)

 

Nevada

 

• Testimony: Liz Ryan, Campaign for Youth Justice, before the Nevada Legislative Committee on Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice

• Testimony: Esther Brown, The Embracing Project, before the Nevada Assembly Judiciary Committee in Support of Assembly Bill 272

 

 New York

 

• Testimony: Avery Irons before the New York City Council Juvenile Justice Committee Oversight Hearing (November 2011)

• Testimony from Judge Corriero before the New York City Council

• Testimony: Gabrielle Prisco, Director of the Juvenile Justice Project (November 2011)

 

North Carolina

• Youth Accountability Planning Task Force Presentation: The Connecticut Experience - By Connecticut Rep. Toni Walker (PPT 8.2MB)

• Juvenile Age Study - A Study of the Impact of Expanding the Jurisdiction of the Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency, Governor's Crime Commission (DOC 1,533 KB)

• Report on Study of Youthful Offenders Pursuant to Session Law 2006-248, Sections 34.1 and 34.2, North Carolina Sentencing and Policy Advisory Commission (PPT 55 KB)

• Juvenile Justice in NC: A Historical Perspective, Janet Mason, University of North Carolina School of Government (PPT 2,037 KB)
  
  

Vermont

• Testimony: Liz Ryan before the Vermont Judiciary Committee - February 2012

 

Virginia

• Statement of Robert E. Shepherd, Jr. Emerius Professors of Law, University of Richmond Law School Hearing on H.R. 1279 (PDF 152 KB)

 

Wisconsin

• Charity Eleson, Executive Director Wisconsin Council on Children and Families (PDF 516 KB)

 

Letters to Change Policy

• John A. Tuell (DOC 52 KB)
• Vincent Schiraldi (DOC 28 KB)