Crime and Justice NewsSep 192 minHospitals and States Implement Less Punitive Drug Testing of Pregnant Mothers and NewbornsMass General Brigham in Boston, one of the most highly respected hospital systems in the country, announced changes to its perinatal...
Crime and Justice NewsJan 102 minIntertwined: Child Welfare and Criminal Justice Systems The Prison Policy Initiative released a report this week about the tenuous relationship between child protective-service agencies and the...
Crime and Justice NewsJul 26, 20232 minChild Welfare Reports Failed to Prevent Child OD DeathsA nationwide review of over 260 fentanyl overdose cases involving babies, toddlers and young children found that about half of the cases...
Crime and Justice NewsJul 25, 20232 minProsecutors Target Mothers Under 'Fetal Personhood' LawsHundreds of women have been prosecuted in four states where law enforcement officials have expanded their use of child abuse and neglect...
Crime and Justice NewsJul 24, 20232 min'Nightmare Scenario' Plays Out in Family Reunification EffortsWhen President Biden in 2021 announced an effort to reunify families under a punitive border-control policy from the Trump...
Crime and Justice NewsApr 29, 20222 minChild Welfare and AI: Debate Mirrors Criminal System's StruggleAs child welfare agencies nationwide use or consider algorithmic tools to help social workers target families in need of interventions, a...
Crime and Justice NewsMar 4, 20222 minTexas Families Seek Lawyers After Anti-Trans Directive Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's directive to the state's child welfare agency to investigate parents of transgender children has sent parents...
Crime and Justice NewsDec 31, 20212 min'Upstream' Mission for NYC's New Juvenile Justice ChiefIncoming New York City Mayor Eric Adams named the former CEO of a major child-welfare provider to serve as his commissioner of the...