Jody DiPerna When we started talking about forming the Pittsburgh Institute for Nonprofit Journalism in March of 2020, we did not know how the readers would respond or how sustainable it would be, but we…
Letters Home: A teacher and former student connect…
Michael Bennett and Denzel Glover Editor’s Note: This is part of our series exploring the juvenile justice landscape in Pittsburgh with a focus on education and mental health. These stories were funded by Staunton Farm…
Letters Home: A teacher and former student connect…
by Michael Bennett and Denzel Glover Editor’s Note: This is part of our series exploring the juvenile justice landscape in Pittsburgh with a focus on education and mental health. These stories were funded by Staunton…
Breaking the cycle: Addressing trauma and building resilience…
Maria Guido is a licensed clinical social worker at Wellness Warrior Group, an outpatient therapy practice specializing in the treatment of trauma. She writes that the juvenile criminal justice system and the child welfare system…
Allegheny County Jail still houses kids despite federal…
The number of kids at the Allegheny County Jail went up — nearly two years after a federal act aimed at removing kids from adult lockup went into effect. Allegheny County held 249 hearings to…
Stripped: Unveiling the unseen trauma of strip searching…
Tanisha Long Editor's Note: This essay is part of our series exploring the juvenile justice landscape in Pittsburgh with a focus on education and mental health. These stories were funded by Staunton Farm Foundation and…
Book Bans Have Reached Greater Pittsburgh’s Boardrooms and…
Colin Williams Clashes around censorship have pitted parents against educators, and against each other, while outside funding raises the stakes. This article was written and edited collaboratively between the Pittsburgh Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Pittsburgh…
‘I wanted to read books’: Former Shuman Detention…
Sean Johnson Editors Note: Sean Johnson was of the last cohort to be housed at the now shuttered Shuman Juvenile Detention Center in 2021. He writes that the education programming in the facility and a…
Former Shuman Detention Center Principal: ‘We have an…
Shuman Juvenile Detention Center has been discussed and debated for over a year. What should we do moving forward? Jay Moser is an educator and the former principal for the now closed Shuman Juvenile Detention…