Juvenile Hearing Boards Are Navigating Juvenile Justice With a New Approach
How Juvenile Justice Boards Help Youth Find Possibility Rather Than Punishment Produced by: Rachel Fortuna…
Juvenile Hearing Boards Are Navigating Juvenile Justice With a New Approach
How Juvenile Justice Boards Help Youth Find Possibility Rather Than Punishment Produced by: Rachel Fortuna Cabral, Kayley Dias, Meghan Harvey, Macayla M. McDonald, Emma O’Neill, Kate Tortolini, Joshua Geaughan, Haylee Silva “This story is a part of the Solutions Journalism Network Media Challenge, where we report on mental health within the juvenile justice and foster care…
Progress and Challenges in Rhode Island’s Child Welfare System
“Child welfare in Rhode Island has been a touchy subject for many years but shows signs of progress in a forward direction. According to recent data, the rate of victimization of children to mistreatment has been trending downward in Rhode Island. The data also indicate that the number of child neglect reports has gone down but could be because of COVID-19 restrictions in 2022-23. The number of children who experience repeat mistreatment also remains low, under 10%. These numbers are showing vast improvement compared to how these numbers were 10 years ago.
Protests and Court Battles: One Year of Immigration Under the Second Trump Administration
A recap of how immigration has changed within the past year and how the nation has reacted Produced by: Addison Mason, Aliyah Goulette-Brown, Fatima Rasuly, and Abigail Stark “It has been a little over a year since President Trump took office and began his focus on immigration policies. With this focus, there have been many…
RWU QTRAC Creates new group to promote meaningful change and equity across campus
BRISTOL R.I. – The Roger Williams University Queer and Trans Resource and Advocacy Center has created a new queer advocacy group called the Kinship Collaborative.
Garden Time Uses Prison Gardens and Green Jobs Training to Support Rehabilitation at Rhode Island’s ACI
Garden Time is a Rhode Island–based organization that works to humanize the situation at the Rhode Island Adult Correctional Institution. They run three programs: an In-Prison Garden Education Program, which teaches incarcerated individuals sustainable agricultural skills; a Green Reentry Job Training Program, which supports formerly incarcerated persons through hands-on training and employment pathways in the green industry; and the Canopy Crew, an urban forestry initiative that employs formerly incarcerated persons to plant and maintain trees in underserved communities across Rhode Island.
Listen in as the CoH team explores Garden Time’s work and how it supports mental health issues within the incarceration system.
RWU Club Hockey Celebrates Senior Players
Club Hockey Seniors Take the Ice One Final Time Produced by: Brenna Medeiros, Alex Tavaglione Ana Dwyer The Roger Williams Club Hockey team celebrated the final regular season game of seven graduating seniors last Saturday night. Before the Hawks faced the Connecticut College Camels, a ceremony was held on the ice, celebrating each individual senior….
Mario’s Law—A Second Look at Youth Sentencing
Enacted in July 2021, Mario’s Law allows individuals who committed offenses before their 22nd birthday to be eligible for parole review after serving 20 years. The law applies retroactively to offenses committed on or after January 1, 1991, and excludes only those serving life without parole.
Championed by Representative Julie Casimiro and inspired by Mario Monteiro’s own experience, the law is grounded in neuroscience showing that the prefrontal cortex—responsible for impulse control and judgment—doesn’t fully develop until around age 25. Over the next 10 to 15 years, the law is expected to impact around 40 individuals in Rhode Island, offering them a pathway to redemption and reintegration.
