New Sentencing Guidelines Recommended for Native Youth Courts

March 3, 2016

New guidelines released by the Departments of the Interior, Health and Human Service and Justice recommend that tribal children’s courts use treatment, counseling and foster care instead of fines and detention when dealing with tribal youth.  Several organizations, including the National Congress of American Indians, helped the government revise the guidelines to update the tribal juvenile code…. Read More >

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