Juvenile Justice Reform

Current understanding

To be populated as evidence accumulates.

2024-12-17 — Childhood Offenders Rehabilitation and Safety Act of 2023: The introduced Childhood Offenders Rehabilitation and Safety Act of 2023 was referred to a House Ways and Means subcommittee and would establish or revise federal social welfare and rehabilitation programs supporting safety and rehabilitation for childhood offenders; the referral does not itself change services or legal protections. (novelty: 2)
2021-11-09 — Childhood Offenders Rehabilitation and Safety Act of 2021: The Childhood Offenders Rehabilitation and Safety Act of 2021, introduced but not enacted in the 117th Congress, would narrow federal prosecution of juveniles, expand publication of juvenile justice statistics, and authorize grants for state coordination of child-welfare and juvenile-justice services for dual-status youth. (novelty: 2)