<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2021/tow-youth-justice-institute.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate>06/15/2021</pubDate><title>University Researchers at Forefront of Statewide Efforts to Reform Juvenile Justice</title><description>The University of New Haven’s Tow Youth Justice Institute is working to reimagine and reform juvenile justice in Connecticut, leading the push for legislative change, helping to train police officers, and conducting groundbreaking research on ensuring equity and opportunity for youth who have been involved with the juvenile justice system.</description><hide-description/><author>Renee Chmiel, Office of Marketing and Communications</author><author-details/><hide-author/><date>June 15, 2021</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/news/non-college-specific/blog/2021/tow-ct-board.jpg" alt="TYJI press conference"/></image><image-caption>The TYJI held a press conference to kick off an in-depth assessment of the state’s juvenile justice system.</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>year-2021</tag></tags></item>