Archive for September 2024

Dozens of service providers, advocates, and affordable housing organizations signed onto a letter Wednesday calling on the Republican governor to take executive action to halt the evictions of hundreds of vulnerable households from motels and hotels across the state, including families with children, elderly people, and people with severe disabilities. Above: T and her daughters prepared to leave… as their emergency housing voucher expired.

All under 18s who were previously detained in YOI Polmont have now been moved into secure care settings. New regulations came into force on 28 August and as of that date, there will be no new admissions of children under 18 to YOIs.

An international rights NGO has invited Hong Kong’s government to clarify what it called “fabricated content” in a report published by the NGO that noted there had been a “severe decline” in academic freedom in Hong Kong since the enactment of a security law in 2020. Above: Central Government Offices in Admiralty, Hong Kong.

Researchers say that parents and doctors should be mindful of how they talk to and treat children experiencing pain — no matter how big or small the injury — knowing that these foundational experiences can be carried forward into adulthood.

A new look into addiction treatment availability in the U.S. criminal justice system reveals that fewer than half (43.8%) of 1,028 jails surveyed across the nation offered any form of medication for opioid use disorder, and only 12.8% made these available to anyone with the disorder.