For over a century, North Carolina has continued to treat sixteen year olds as adults in the criminal justice system. The Juvenile Court Statute of 1919 mandated sixteen as the upper age of criminality, cementing that age for all juvenile offender...
Parental incarceration has a major impact on children and families. The influx of incarcerated parents, as well as the high-risk nature of parental incarceration, has resulted in an elevated need for proper parent-focused prison programs. However,...