September is National Youth Court Month
During National Youth Court Month, NCJRS invites you to view the Youth Courts Special Feature, an online resource containing links to publications and websites related to the topic.

Publication Offers Model for New Jails
"New Jail Planning: Getting It Right", from the National Institute of Corrections, highlights the four major steps of the Facility Developmental Process model: determine the need and feasibility; deciding to build, plan operations; design the jail; and build the jail, plan the transition.

Training and Technical Assistance Available
The Bureau of Justice Assistance announces the launch of the National Training and Technical Assistance Center (NTAAC). The center will provide training, information and skills to those within the criminal justice community. 

Amber Advocate Volume 4, Issue 2, August 2010
The 14th Edition of The AMBER Advocate has exclusive interviews on how training helped resolve a high-profile child abduction in Florida and led to criminal charges in a 1996 Oregon case; plus, a look at how Missing Children's Day was recognized in Indian Country, the U.S. and around the world. (NCJ 231547)

OJJDP News @ a Glance July/August 2010
The latest issue of "OJJDP News @ a Glance" features OJJDP's green detention and reentry programs for tribal youth and reports on the National Institute of Justice Conference, which featured evidence-based practices in addressing crime; DOJ's Tribal Youth Summit; and AMBER Alert training on cross-border abductions. (NCJ 230815)

Managing Low-Level Sex Offenders Interactive Curriculum
"Supervising Low-Level Sex Offenders in the Community: An Integrated Model" is a curriculum that uses an interactive format to help staff working with sex offenders increase their knowledge of supervising low-level sex offenders, determining sex offender risk and seriousness, identifying principles and barriers to collaboration, and discerning the difference between risk assessments and classification instruments.

Sexual Victimization in Prisons and Jails Reported by Inmates, 2008-09
This Bureau of Justice Statistics report presents data from the National Inmate Survey (NIS), 2008-09, conducted in 167 state and federal prisons, 286 local jails, and 10 special correctional facilities. According to the report an estimated 4.4% of prison inmates and 3.1% of jail inmates reported experiencing one or more incidents of sexual victimization by another inmate or facility staff in the past 12 months or since admission to the facility, if less than 12 months. (NCJ 231169)

OJJDP Awards More Than $20 Million To Enforce Underage Drinking Laws
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention has awarded more than $20 million to enforce underage drinking laws. The awards, made through its Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws (EUDL) program, support law enforcement, public education, and coalition building activities to address underage access to alcohol.

Back to School With ONDCP
With the start of a new school year, ONDCP will highlight a different back-to-school topic each week during the month of August. Posts will be included from a variety of groups, organizations, and individuals who are concerned about the vulnerabilities that students face when they are going back to school.