Watch this powerful YouTube video. Prisons Don't Work! https://youtu.be/hLyrGeBjKwY

A new poll shows that Virginians of all political stripes support shifting the youth justice system. Read the Full Report. Youth First Virginia Poll Memo Feb 2017 Final

Thank you Sen. Siobhan Dunnavant for standing with youth and families and investing in community-based alternatives, not prison.

Thank you Sen. Mark Obenshain for helping our most vulnerable youth by investing community-based alternatives to prison.

Prison is no place for kids. Thank you Governor Terry McAuliffe for protecting community-based alternatives to incarceration.

RICHMOND, Va. (NEWSPLEX) -- A new report outlines steps the Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice , the Task Force on Juvenile Correction Centers and the community across the Commonwealth can take to keep families intact and communities safe. The Reinvest…

Image from the Performing Statistics Project The Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice is holding both task force meetings and town halls on the future of juvenile justice in Virginia. These are critical opportunities to share your perspective on how Virginia…

Advocacy Network Launch Block Party The Youth for RISE Advocacy Network is for youth and young adults ages 13-24 in the Richmond metro area who have personally experienced the juvenile justice system or who are interested in improving the juvenile…

Images from the exhibit “Juvenile In Justice” by photographer Richard Ross were on display at the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno, Nevada. (AP Photo / Scott Sonner) For as long as youth prisons have existed in the United States,…