Lesson 10: The Effects of Incarceration on Children and Late Adolescents

6 minutes to complete

Learn about the lasting effects that the juvenile justice system has on children and adolescents.

Helpful Resources

Growing Up Behind Bars: Pathways to Desistance for Juvenile Lifers

2024 American Psychological Association (APA) Resolution Opposing Involuntary Individual Isolation of Youth in Juvenile Justice Settings

American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Statement Opposing Solitary Confinement of Juvenile Offenders

Amicus Briefs

Brief of Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center and Forty Other Organizations in Support of Petitioner in Timbs v. State of Indiana

Brief of National Center for Youth Law and Juvenile Law Center as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondent in In Re: Tyriq T.

Brief of The Colorado Juvenile Defender Center as Amicus Curiae on Behalf of Respondent in The People of the State of Colorado v. Frank Vigil, Jr.

Brief of the Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner in Pittman v. South Carolina

Scientific and Academic Articles

Differential Effects of Adult Court Transfer on Juvenile Offender Recidivism

Lonely Too Long: Redefining and Reforming Juvenile Solitary Confinement

Unshackled: Stories of Redemption among Serious Youthful Offenders

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Comorbidity in Detained Youth