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Harris, Duchess

Summary: "The Juvenile Justice System examines all aspects of juvenile justice in the United States. It discusses the history behind the US juvenile justice system and how juveniles are affected by the system. Features include a glossary, further readings, websites, source notes, and an index."--Google books

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2020

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 364.3 HAR

Cooper, Candy J.

Summary: "Here is the explosive story of the Kids for Cash scandal in Pennsylvania, a judicial justice miscarriage that sent more than 2,500 children and teens to a for-profit detention center while two judges lined their pockets with cash, as told by Candy J. Cooper, an award-winning journalist and Pulitzer Prize finalist"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers 2024

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 364.1 COO

Stone, Nic

Summary: "Vernell Laquan Banks and Justyce McAllister grew up a block apart in the Southwest Atlanta neighborhood of Wynwood Heights. Years later, though, Justyce walks the illustrious halls of Yale University . . . and Quan sits behind bars at the Fulton Regional Youth Detention Center. Through a series of flashbacks, vignettes, and letters to Justyce -- the protagonist of Dear Martin -- Quan's story...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: PA FIC STO

Summary: Angel LaMere is released from juvenile detention on the eve of her eighteenth birthday. Haunted by her past, Angel embarks on a journey with her ten-year-old sister to avenge her mother's death.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA NIG

Myers, Walter Dean

Summary: Teenage Reese, serving time at a juvenile detention facility, gets a lesson in making it through hard times from an unlikely friend with a harrowing past.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTeen/Amistad 2010

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC MYE

Summary: "In the wake of the shootings at Columbine High School, a small town in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania elected a charismatic judge who was hell-bent on keeping kids in line. Under his reign, more than 3,000 children were ripped from their families and imprisoned for years over petty crimes. When one parent dared to question his harsh brand of justice, it was revealed the judge had received...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC KID

Watson, Cristy

Summary: After Kevin spends over two years in juvie, for a joyriding accident that seriously injured a pedestrian, his parole officer suggests that he apply for early parole, but Kevin realizes it would be hard for him to survive on the outside.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC WAT

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA Fiction Watson 2019

Stone, Nic

Summary: Incarcerated teen Quan Banks writes letters to Justyce McCallister, with whom he bonded years before over family issues, about his experiences in the American juvenile justice system.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

3 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC STO

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC STO

Yrsa Sigurðardóttir

Summary: "Aldis hates her job working in a juvenile detention center in rural Iceland. The boys are difficult, the owners are unpleasant, and there are mysterious noises at night. And then two of the boys go astray. Decades later, single father Odinn is looking into alleged abuse at the center. The more he finds out, though, the more it seems the odd events of the 1970s are linked to the accident that...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2017

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC YRS

Ecenbarger, William.

Summary: Investigates the "kids for cash" scandal that saw Judge Mark A. Ciavarella hand down unusually harsh sentences to delinquent teenagers, ordering that they be sent to a detention facility in which he had a financial stake.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: New Press 2012

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 365.42 ECE

Cummings, Priscilla

Summary: After breaking out of juvenile detention, fourteen-year-old Digger stops his trek across Maryland at a campground where he recovers from injuries, cares for little Luke, works with smart and pretty Nora, and begins to understand how his behavior and choices shape his life.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Children's Books 2012

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Cummungs 2012

Horowitz, Anthony

Summary: As fourteen-year-old telepathic twins struggle to escape the clutches of the Nightrise Corporation, one of them travels through dreams to a time when the evil Old Ones ruled and learns the role that he, his brother, and three other Gatekeepers must play to keep the world safe from the Old Ones' return.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2007

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC HOR

Pablo Cruz, Rosayra

Summary: "From a mother whose children were taken from her at the U.S. border by the American government in 2018 and another mother who helped reunite the family, a crucial, searing story about the immigration odyssey, family separation and reunification, and thepower of individuals to band together to overcome even the most cruel and unjust circumstances"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PABLO CRUZ, ROSAYRA PAB

Summary: Five (1951) Black and White 93 minutes Not Rated Starring: William Phipps, Susan Douglas, James Anderson, Charles Lampkin, Earl Lee When a nuclear bomb destroys the world, only five survivors remain. A pregnant woman, a philosopher, a black man, a banker and an explorer seek shelter in an abandoned house. As the last living human beings, they must work together. However, their clashing visions...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR CLA

Johnson, Kim

Summary: Life can change in an instant. When you're wrongfully accused of a crime. When a virus shuts everything down. When the girl you love moves on. Andre Jackson is determined to reclaim his identity. But returning from juvie doesn't feel like coming home. His Portland, Oregon, neighborhood is rapidly gentrifying, and COVID-19 shuts down school before he can return. And Andre's suspicions about his...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC JOH

Fraillon, Zana

Summary: Subhi is a refugee. Born in an Australian permanent detention center after his mother and sister fled the violence of a distant homeland, Subhi has only ever known life behind the fences. But his world is far bigger than that -- every night, the magical Night Sea from his mother's stories brings him gifts, the faraway whales sing to him, and the birds tell their stories. And as he grows, his...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Disney-Hyperion 2016

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC FRA

Salazar, Aida

Summary: Nine-year-old Betita and her parents fled Mexico after her uncle was killed by the cartels, and settled in Los Angeles seeking political asylum and safety in what her father calls Aztlan, the land of the cranes; but now they have been swept up by by the government's Immigration Customs Enforcement, her father deported back to Mexico, and Betita and her mother confined in a family detention...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SAL

Binford, Warren (Wendi Warren H.)

Summary: "A moving picture book for older children and families that introduces a difficult topic, amplifying the voices and experiences of immigrant children detained at the border between Mexico and the US. The children's actual words (from publicly available court documents) are assembled to tell one heartbreaking story, in both English and Spanish (back to back). Each spread is illustrated in...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Publishing 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 362.87 BIN

Scottoline, Lisa

Summary: Taking the case of a former classmate who has been wrongly accused of murdering a bully who sent him to juvenile detention when they were children, Bennie is forced to relive some of the darkest memories of her life in order to defend the boy she once failed.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2015

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SCO

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Scottoline 2015

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: M SCO

Summary: In Missouri, a different method of juvenile detention has seen surprisingly successful results, trading in orange jumpsuits and cell blocks for therapists and dorm rooms. This edition of Primetime spends a year with the hard-core offenders at Waverly Regional Youth Center and Rosa Parks Center to see how a combination of nurturing and discipline are transforming inmates into potentially...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010

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Columbia Pictures

Summary: Sean Porter was a football player who turned into a juvenile detention counselor. He wrestles a seemingly insolvable problem: the vast majority of young men who leave detention fall right back into crime. Looking for a way to give these not-yet-hardened kids a taste of self-esteem and discipline, Porter manages to persuade his superiors to let him teach the kids football - and then take on...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia Pictures 2007

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GRI

Contents: American Steel "Turn it out".--Black Cat Music "The princess dress".--The Donnas "Do you wanna hit it?".--Gaza Strippers "Juvenile detention".--The Pattern "Finger us".--Bratmobile "90's nomad".--The eyeliners "Wishing on a star".--bis "Dead wrestlers".--Ted Leo "Under the hedge".--Ann Beretta "Glory Bound".--Yesterday's Kids "Perception".--Common Rider "Am I on my own".--Enemies "Down...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Lookout! Records 2000

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK LOO

Smith, Roland.

Summary: After Peak Marcello is arrested for scaling a New York City skyscraper, he's left with two choices: wither away in Juvenile Detention or to go live with his long-lost father, who runs a climbing company in Thailand. But Peak quickly learns that his father's renewed interest in him has strings attached. Big strings. He wants Peak to be the youngest person to reach the Everest summit—and his...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2008

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Blair, Ryan.

Summary: The incredible story of a gang member who became a multimillionaire CEO. Ryan Blair's middle-class upbringing came to an abrupt end when his father succumbed to drug addiction and abandoned his family. Blair and his mother moved to a dangerous neighborhood, and soon he was in and out of juvenile detention, joining a gang just to survive. Then his mother fell in love with a successful...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA, Inc. 2011

View online at OverDrive

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