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A new Florida law is aimed at keeping young people out of jail.Jacksonville Democratic State Senator Audrey Gibson sponsored the Juvenile Justice…
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First Coast Connect04/20/15: Interfaith Group Calls For Action On City Issues; LaVilla Students' Poetry CD; Cole PepperHundreds of faith and community leaders are expected to meet at Jacksonville’s Potter’s House Church Monday to press city officials about Jacksonville’s…
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The man hoping to unseat Jacksonville-based State Attorney Angela Corey says he's doing it to restore public confidence in the leadership of Florida's…
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Florida inmates serving life sentences for crimes they committed as juveniles should be resentenced under guidelines that went into effect last year, the…
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Twenty-six Duval County high school students were at Jacksonville University Thursday afternoon to cap of their final day in a special course aimed at…
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First Coast ConnectPrior to the explosive events in Ferguson, MO, alarm about the state of crime here in Jacksonville was making headlines.While overall crime rates are down…
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TALLAHASSEE (The News Service of Florida) — A decade into a dispute about how to divvy up the costs of detaining young offenders, the Florida Department…
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A Jacksonville organization that helps people who’ve been in trouble with the law find gainful employment is getting a $1.5 million U.S. Department of…
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Governor Rick Scott has approved a measure reforming Florida’s juvenile justice system. He signed the bill into law on the same day he bid farewell to...
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WFSU’s Sascha Cordner sat down with outgoing Florida Department of Juvenile Justice Secretary Wansley Walters, who will be retiring in a month from her...