Madison, WI – On Friday, December 5, 2025 Representative Shelia Stubbs graduated from the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) Youth Justice Fellows Program, marking the completion of a one-year fellowship for state legislators focusing on youth justice to learn from experts in the field and collaboratively develop policy solutions to pressing youth justice issues. Representative Shelia Stubbs (D-Madison) released the following statement:
“I am proud to announce that, on December 5, 2025, I officially completed the NCSL Youth Justice Fellows Program, alongside many of my colleagues from across the United States. I would like to thank Associate Director of the NCSL Criminal and Civil Justice Program Anne Teigen and everyone else who helped facilitate this incredible program.
Our bipartisan cohort, over the course of the past year, has been learning from leading experts in the field of youth justice and developing policy plans for addressing the most pressing youth justice issues in our respective states.
As the Ranking Democratic Member on the Assembly Committee on Corrections, a member of the 2024 Legislative Study Council on Emergency Detention and Civil Commitment, and one of the partners who established the Dane County Restorative Court, my focus remains on keeping our justice-impacted youth safe, creating community-based alternatives to incarceration, and building robust support for youth mental and behavioral health needs, especially when they intersect with involvement in the justice system.
I look forward to using the knowledge and ideas that I have developed throughout the course of this policy fellowship to improve our Wisconsin youth justice system and create more responsive, rehabilitative options for correcting behavior while keeping the unique needs of youth in mind. I thank NCSL for this opportunity and for all they are doing to support more positive outcomes for justice-involved youth across our nation.”
