Connecticut’s future is on us all.

The Connecticut Justice Alliance (CTJA) is a youth-centered organization fighting to keep kids out of the legal system through advocacy, community organizing, and education.

About us

CT wants to lock kids up,
again. You can push back.

How To Take Action

Speak Up

Use your voice or story to make an impact: submit testimony, call your elected official, chat with Justice Advisors, or join a CTJA vision session to inform our mission.

Use your voice

Sign the Petition

Add your name and tell Connecticut: No new locked facilities for young people.

Sign the petition

Make a Call

Our elected officials work for us. Let’s remind them! Give your legislator a call and leave a message in support of Connecticut’s youth. Not sure what to say? We can help!

Find your legislators

When it comes to fighting for young people, our track record is strong.

Support our future

Thanks to the leadership of young people, the support of allies, and the power of our movement, Connecticut has made real progress in reducing youth confinement over CTJA’s nearly 30-year history.

Support our future

Wins

2025

Won passage of a new law limiting the use of handcuffs and restraints on kids age 14 and under with record-breaking bipartisan support

2023

Spearheaded legislation mandating the inclusion of directly impacted youth as voting members on the state’s Juvenile Justice Policy Oversight Committee

2022

Advocated for and achieved raising the minimum age of arrest from 7 to 10

Connecticut’s future is on us all.

Tell CT: No New Youth Prisons!

CT wants to lock kids up, again. You can push back.

Speak Up

Speak Up

What this means

Sign the Petition

Sign the Petition

What this means

Make a Call

Make a Call

What this means

When it comes to fighting for young people, our track record is strong.

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CT wants to lock kids up,
again. You can push back.