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Rick Miller (Photo by Katie Campbell/Arizona Capitol Times)
Dec 4, 2017

Rick Miller: Four miracles – someone get the Vatican on the phone

Rick Miller is preparing his application for sainthood. He says that with a smile and a laugh, and because the founder of Kids at Hope says everything with a smile and a laugh, it’s almost hard to tell that he’s joking.

Apache County youth explore the new community center in St. Johns, dubbed The LOFT to capitalize on the trendy, industrial styling. The space once housed the county's juvenile detention center. (Photo courtesy of Amy Love/Arizona Supreme Court)
Oct 9, 2017

Dropping juvenile crime rate turns cells to community centers

Apache County’s new community center in St. Johns is industrial chic right down to its name: The LOFT. You’d never know it was once a juvenile detention center.

Tim Hardy, director of the Yuma County Juvenile Justice Center, high-fives students at James B. Rolle Elementary School as community leaders help kick off a new school year with a human "hope tunnel." Hardy introduced schools across Yuma County to the idea and others promoted by Kids at Hope, a Phoenix-based program that teaches all kids are capable of success. (Photo by Katie Campbell/Arizona Capitol Times)
Aug 25, 2017

Yuma County approach to juvenile justice a model for state, nation

Yuma County puts troubled kids behind bars only as a last resort, and starts addressing the needs of the ones who might head down the wrong path before they do.

Jul 17, 2017

Amy Love: From an intern in the corner to a voice at the table

Amy Love's friends may imagine she wins the court’s favor with lawmakers by making campaign contributions and buying people boats. But she's hardly your typical lobbyist.

Jul 7, 2017

Juvenile crime plummets — experts at a loss to explain

Arizona’s juvenile detention centers are closing because juvenile offender populations are plummeting, and juvenile offender populations are plummeting because kids these days are committing crimes at a rate far below generations before them.

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