Mississippi Assessment

Mississippi: An Assessment of Access to Counsel & Quality of Representation in Delinquency Proceedings (Fall 2007)

Summaries and Press Releases:

Press Release – Mississippi Youth Justice Project

News Coverage:

• Report gives state’s Youth Court system scathing review
  Clarion Ledger
  November 28, 2007

• Money sought for youth, Court system not working for them
  Sun Herald
  November 28, 2007

• Youth Justice Project touts cause
  Memphis Commercial Appeal
  November 28, 2007

• Problems in Juvenile Justice System
  WLBT 3
  November 27, 2007

• Report: State’s Youth Courts lack staff, resources
  Clarion Ledger
  November 27, 2007

• Advocates say more money needed for lawyers in youth cases
  GulfLive.com
  November 27, 2007

• New Study: Mississippi Juvenile Courts Fail to Protect Children’s Rights
  Southern Poverty Law Center, News @ the Center
  November 27, 2007