In her recent column for the ACLU Virginia, RISE for Youth Executive Director Valerie Slater, Esq. outlines the importance of support for HB 274 in an effort to heal the hurting and build healthy communities for all youth and families in Virginia: Speaking plainly,…
ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY, Va. - The Isle of Wight Board of Supervisors has voted to stop negotiations to provide land to the state to build a new youth prison. Valerie Slater, Esq., RISE for Youth Executive Director, released the following statement in…
The Young Turks Cenk Uygur spoke with Imoni Ane Anderson, activist with RISE For Youth.
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) -- A new group is joining the fight against a proposed juvenile detention center in Isle of Wight County, saying they are concerned the project isn't "closer" to their backyard. At a meeting hosted by the…
RISE for Youth's very own James Braxton sharing his story! "Today he's committed to showing the next generation there is a light at the end of the tunnel."
WHEN U.S. SEN. MARK Warner of Virginia toured a shelter that held migrant children who had been forcibly separated from their parents, Warner reached the same conclusion as millions of other Americans: Kids should be with their families. But separating families…
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — As Virginia reconsiders how it incarcerates kids, a new report reveals startling new data about the cost and effectiveness of the Commonwealth’s Juvenile Correctional Facilities. It’s a controversial topic 8News has been investigating for months. $42…
Open Forum Author: Liz Buchanan On April 20, the Virginia General Assembly and Gov. Terry McAuliffe agreed to spend about $40 million on a new juvenile prison in Chesapeake. This money was allocated despite research that overwhelmingly shows that jailing…
VIRGINIA’S JUVENILE prisons are failing all of us. The young people coming out of these prisons are worse off for the time they spent there. Their families are stressed and broken by the separation from their children and the…
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Virginia lawmakers on Tuesday heard from a group of young students who want to reform the juvenile justice system. Students like 8th Grader Kasia Carrington, who says, “we are trying to make a difference for the…