Jake Horowitz

Jake Horowitz is a project manager of the Pew Center on the States and a public safety expert. He has a background in counseling juvenile offenders and served as a counselor in an alternative-to-incarceration program for young offenders.

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Janet Harris

Sister Janet Harris is a Roman Catholic nun and a nationally recognized advocate for juvenile justice reform. She is the founder of InsideOUT Writers, a writers program for incarcerated juveniles in Los Angeles detention centers, where she was once a chaplain.

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Paolo Annino

Paolo Annino is a clinical professor at Florida State University’s College of Law and runs the Children in Prison Project at FSU.

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“Graham v. Florida”

Read a summary of Graham v. Flordia, a 2009 Supreme Court case that led to the ruling that juveniles cannot be sentenced to life in prison for non-homicidal offenses.

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