Books Featuring and For Girls in Detention
We stumbled upon a good blog post by Mindy Hardwick about books featuring youth in detention. She focuses particularly on a book called After by Amy Efaw which she recommends to young women in detention.
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This is the Girl Talk blog. Girl Talk is a biweekly program that works with girls who are incarcerated at the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center.
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- FDA approves Plan B for girls as young as 15 April 30, 2013WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday said it would allow the Plan B One-Step contraceptive to be sold without a prescription to girls as young as 15 years of age. The announcement partially reverses a December 2011 decision that prevented the sale of the emergency contraceptive to all females of reproductive age, which was […]
- Monday last day for morning-after pill appeal May 13, 2013The government is running out of time to try to halt implementation of a federal judge's ruling that would lift age restrictions for women and girls wanting to buy the morning-after pill. U.S. District ...
- $60K payment for ejecting kids with skin condition May 9, 2013A Detroit-area restaurant will pay $60,000 for telling a family to leave because the children had a genetic skin condition, the U.S. Justice Department announced Wednesday. The department sued the Golden ...
- Girls as young as six raped by Congolese soldiers in Minova: U.N. May 8, 2013By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo troops raped at least 97 women and 33 girls, some as young as 6, in the country's volatile east after they fled from advancing M23 rebels in late November, according to a U.N. report released on Wednesday. The majority of the rapes by the Congolese army (FARDC) occurred in Minov […]
- Girls as young as 6 raped by Congolese soldiers in Minova: UN May 8, 2013By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo troops raped at least 97 women and 33 girls, some as young as 6, in the country's volatile east after they fled from advancing M23 rebels in late November, according to a U.N. report released on Wednesday. The majority of the rapes by the Congolese army (FARDC) occurred in Minov […]
- Monday is deadline for govt. to file appeal of morning-after pill unrestricted sales ruling May 13, 2013NEW YORK, N.Y. - The government is running out of time to try to halt implementation of a federal judge's ruling that would lift age restrictions for women and girls wanting to buy the morning-after pill.
- Girls as young as six raped by Congolese soldiers: U.N. May 8, 2013By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo troops raped at least 97 women and 33 girls, some as young as six, in the country's volatile east after they fled from advancing M23 rebels in late November, according to a U.N. report released on Wednesday. The majority of the rapes by the Congolese army (FARDC) occurred in the […]
- San Quentin Prison Is No Place for Innocent Men (Op-Ed) May 9, 2013Lawyers and supporters for the California Innocence Project are walking 660 miles from San Diego to Sacramento, California, to personally deliver clemency petitions to Governor Jerry Brown for the release of the California 12, a dozen inmates who have strong cases of factual innocence. Follow their progress on TakePart.
- The Global Center for Women and Justice at Vanguard University Hosts Delegates from Northern Iraq to Reduce Violence ... April 26, 2013Combatting violence against women in Iraq spawns higher education partnership between Vanguard University and University of Duhok. Visit to California includes training with 12th District Court Judge David O. Carter, OC Juvenile Justice Douglas Hatchimonji, OC Juvenile Services, OC Child Abuse Special Teams (CAST) and Westminster Police DepartmentCosta Mesa, […]
- Dogs give comfort _ and controversy _ in court May 14, 2013LOS ANGELES (AP) — The twins were 7, shy and scared. Talking was tough and describing what happened nearly impossible.
Thanks for linking me to your wonderful blog! I’m a writer and run a poetry workshop in a detention center in Everett, WA. I would be happy to send you copies of our poetry books which include poems by both young ladies and young men who are incarcerated at Denney Juvenile Justice Center. Please e-mail me and let me know if you would like copies to share with your girls and where to send them.