Grace

A Failure in Michigan’s Juvenile Justice System

Impact of Our Reporting

Michigan Enacts Laws to Reform Its Juvenile Justice System

by Jodi S. Cohen

December 13, 2023, 12:20 pm EST

Michigan Proposes Juvenile Justice Reforms After Story of Teen Locked Up for Missing Homework Exposed Gaps in System

by Jodi S. Cohen

July 22, 2022, 1:30 pm EDT

Michigan Supreme Court Limits Use of Restraints on Juveniles

by Jodi S. Cohen

July 28, 2021, 3:33 pm EDT

After Grace’s Story, Michigan Will Study Its Juvenile Justice System

by Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica, and Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press

June 9, 2021, 3:55 pm EDT

Grace, Black Teen Jailed for Not Doing Her Online Coursework, Is Released

by Jodi S. Cohen

July 31, 2020, 6:42 pm EDT

14 stories published since 2020

ProPublica Nominated for 13 Peter Lisagor Awards

by ProPublica

May 4, 2021, 5:17 pm EDT
Judges Are Locking Up Children for Noncriminal Offenses Like Repeatedly Disobeying Their Parents and Skipping School

by Jodi S. Cohen and Duaa Eldeib

December 22, 2020, 6:00 am EST
Out of Jail and Back in School, Grace Finds Her Voice

by Jodi S. Cohen

October 31, 2020, 6:00 am EDT
Case Closed: Michigan Judge Removes Grace, Black Teen Jailed for Not Doing Online Schoolwork, From Probation

by Jodi S. Cohen

August 11, 2020, 12:47 pm EDT
Prosecutors Say They Support Releasing Girl Who Was Detained for Not Doing Her Schoolwork

by Jodi S. Cohen

July 30, 2020, 2:58 pm EDT
Judge Won’t Free Michigan Teenager Sent to Juvenile Detention After Not Doing Online Schoolwork

by Jodi S. Cohen

July 20, 2020, 8:26 pm EDT
The Michigan Supreme Court Is Reviewing the Case of a Teenager Incarcerated After Not Doing Online Schoolwork During the Pandemic

by Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica, and Nisa Khan, Detroit Free Press

July 16, 2020, 9:44 pm EDT
Thousands Demand That Michigan #FreeGrace After the Teenager Was Incarcerated for Not Doing Her Schoolwork

by Jodi S. Cohen

July 15, 2020, 8:25 pm EDT
A Teenager Didn’t Do Her Online Schoolwork. So a Judge Sent Her to Juvenile Detention.

by Jodi S. Cohen

July 14, 2020, 5:00 am EDT