Law center wants to hear from youths about court system
ALLENTOWN, Pa. — A legal advocacy group that sounded the alarm about unconstitutional practices in a Pennsylvania juvenile court wants to know if similar rights violations are taking place elsewhere in the state.
The Juvenile Law Center is promoting an online questionnaire for children or their parents to tell their stories anonymously. It's on the center's Web site, www.jlc.org.
The Philadelphia-based group is putting together a report for a state panel investigating a scandal in northeastern Pennsylvania's Luzerne County, where judges are accused of taking kickbacks from private juvenile jails.
The law center wants to hear from youths from outside Luzerne County. Their responses will help the center make recommendations for improving youth courts.
