Archive:FCI-Blog

• Explore the Past, Present, and Future of America’s Youth Justice Story with Us!

  Announcing three session titles for our upcoming 2026 Janet Reno Forum! We are pleased to announce the session titles of three of the panels we will be exploring in “America’s Youth Justice Story:

  Categories: Announcements, FCI-Blog, JRF, News

• New on the Imprint: Many of America’s First Crossover Youth are Buried in Forgotten Graves

  When the term “crossover youth” is used today it refers to children who touch both the child welfare and juvenile justice systems. These are young people whose lives are shaped by abuse, neglect, fa

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• Remembering the Forgotten: Consecrating the Burial Sites at the Maryland House of Reformation

  On the last weekend of June, approximately 30 relatives of six boys who died while incarcerated at the Maryland House of Reformation for Colored Children came together for the first time to honor the

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• From Silence to Connection: Forgotten Children Family Gathering this Past Weekend

  This weekend marked a profound moment of remembrance and connection. Between the late 1800s and 1940, hundreds of Black boys were confined at the Maryland House of Reformation for Colored Children

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• New Forgotten Children Article on Slate: The Horrifying Secret of the Child Detention Center We Shared as Detainee and Jailer

  We encourage you to check out the new article "The Horrifying Secret of the Child Detention Center We Shared as Detainee and Jailer" just published in Slate. In it, CYJ's Marc Schindler and Georgetow

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• Thanks to All Who Joined Us for the Youth Injustice Lunch!

  A big thank you to all who joined us on Thursday, March 26th for our Youth Injustice lunch event with the McCourt Public Policy Innovation Lab! Thanks as well to our student organization co-sponsors

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• The Buried History of Cheltenham: New Podcast and Op-Ed on the Imprint!

  The Buried History of Cheltenham Don’t miss this week’s episode of the Imprint Weekly podcast “The Buried History of Cheltenham.” Our own Marc Schindler, research professor and senior fellow at th

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• Youth Injustice: The Discovery of Forgotten Children and Implications for Justice System Reform

  Join us for a lunch discussion about the policy implications following the research findings of the newly launched Forgotten Children Initiative, which seeks to document, honor, and memorialize incar

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• Thank You for Helping Us Launch the Forgotten Children Initiative (Rewatch Here)!

  Last week, we were overwhelmed with the response to the virtual launch of the Forgotten Children Initiative. Thank you to all who helped us make the launch a meaningful experience, from the panelists

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• New Push for Investigation, Legislation, and Recognition of Black Youth Who Died in State Custody

  As we head into the new year, media attention continues on the tragic stories of the children at the Cheltenham facility as Maryland lawmakers push for investigation and proper recognition of Black y

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