Juvenile Justice

The Violence Prevention Seminar Series

This series provides weekly programming to up to 60 juvenile detainees on a weekly basis. It is a collaboration with CeaseFire outreach program. This program is designed by Elena Quintana, Ph.D. Topics include manhood development, confronting violence, changing violent thinking and behavior, adolescent brain development, and the fallout of the “no snitching” campaign.  

The Adler Volunteer Visitors Program

This is a new program that has just begun. It allows trained individuals to enter the detention center and visit with teen detainees who have not had any visitors in the time they’ve been locked up. Approximately 1 in 6 Juvenile Temporary Detention Center residents qualifies, and some have had no visitors for months at a time. These individuals are responsible for a larger percentage of unsafe acting out, and feelings of anger and abandonment.