A report released this week titled, “From Notorious to Notable,” authored by Liz Ryan from the Campaign For Youth Justice and Marc Schindler from Venture Philanthropy Partners, details the transformation of Washington’s D.C.’s juvenile justice system in the years since 2000 when then Mayor Anthony Williams’ appointed a Blue Ribbon Commission to reexamine the issue.

Youth Radio interviewed Daniel Okonkwo, founder and the Executive Director of DC Lawyers for Youth (DCLY), which provides legal representation to young people and works to reform juvenile justice policy. DCLY partners with the New Beginnings Youth Development Center, where many of the changes detailed in the report have been seen firsthand by Okonkwo.

For more information on this report, visit Huffington Post, Foundation networks: Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers,  Youth Transition Funder Group, Foundations: Meyer Foundation, or Public Welfare. Org