Secret Courts

Delinquency proceedings: Juvenile delinquency proceedings are closed to the public in New Hampshire. N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 169-B:34.

Delinquency proceedings: Juvenile delinquency hearings are open to the public in Nevada unless the judge determines that closure or partial closure is in the best interests of the child or the public. In those cases, only people with a direct interest in the case may be admitted. Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 62D.010 (West 2011).

Delinquency and dependency proceedings: The relevant statute does not specify whether juvenile court proceedings are open to the public in Nebraska. Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-247 (2011).

Delinquency and dependency records: In all juvenile court proceedings, pleadings, orders, decrees and judgments are public documents, while medical, psychiatric and social welfare reports and the records of juvenile probation officers as they relate to individual proceedings in juvenile court are confidential. Id. § 43-2,108.

Delinquency proceedings: Members of the public are excluded from juvenile delinquency hearings in Mississippi unless they have a direct interest in the cause or work of the court. Miss. Code Ann. § 43-21-203 (West 2011).

Dependency proceedings: Media coverage of delinquency or “child in need of supervision” proceedings is strictly prohibited except in extraordinary and compelling circumstances. Miss. Youth Ct. R. 5.