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• Juvenile arrests are at a historic 42 year-low. A new report from the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice shows juvenile arrests continued to decline in 2016-2017.
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• Here a short explainer of the latest effort to overhaul Florida’s juvenile justice system, a program being implemented by the state attorney’s office for Orange and Osceola counties, called Project No No. The program changes the way some kids with cases are processed into the system.
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• Official court case records will no longer follow some kids into adulthood under a new program being implemented by the state attorney’s office for Orange and Osceola counties.
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• A $1.2 million grant will feed efforts to keep kids in Orange County from entering the juvenile justice system. The Criminal Justice, Mental Health and Substance Abuse Reinvestment Grant will help continue and expand Orange County’s Wraparound Orange program for three more years.
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• Orange County has the highest number of juvenile arrests in Florida, and black boys make up the majority of those arrests for crimes charged as felonies. As part of the final installment of Young & Arrested, 90.7’s Renata Sago discusses what is next for juvenile justice in Orange County and what we can take away from the voices in the series.
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• Orange County has the highest number of juvenile arrests in Florida, and black boys make up the majority of those arrests for crimes charged as felonies. In this fourth installment of Young & Arrested, we look into how the community is changing its approach to how to treat kids who commit crimes.
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• Orange County has the highest number of juvenile arrests in Florida, and black boys make up the majority of those arrests for crimes charged as felonies. In this third installment of Young & Arrested, one kid breaks a school rule that leads him to facing a felony.
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• Orange County has the highest number of juvenile arrests in Florida. Black boys make up the majority of those arrests for crimes charged as felonies. In the first installment of Young & Arrested, 90.7’s Renata Sago takes us to Orlando’s Pine Hills neighborhood, a mixed-income black neighborhood with the state’s highest volume of arrests. It is where one young man landed in prison before he could graduate high school.
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• Legislation to protect young people from establishing criminal records for petty theft, alcohol usage, vandalism, and other misdemeanor offenses is moving forward.
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• On Saturday, Orange and Osceola County public defender Robert Wesley holds his annual clothing drive- seeking business clothes to help defendants look presentable in court. Wesley explains why appearance makes a big difference to defendants, and he talks about the progress made in keeping kids out of the court system.
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