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Black Missouri teens increasingly tried disproportionately as adults

By Kenneth J. Cooper

Missouri has been prosecuting black teens as adults in increasingly disproportionate numbers

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Privatization fails: Nebraska tries again to reform child welfare

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Georgia's 'bootstrapping' detention of kids for indiscretions

By Susan Ferriss

Overmedicating young Louisiana inmates

By Matt Davis

Incarcerated youths in Louisiana are receiving powerful drugs even when their conditions don't call for it

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Cook County sparks national changes in mental health care for delinquent youth

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Minor offenders, major consequences

By Julie Strupp

Why Wisconsin’s justice system continues to treat 17-year-olds as adults

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Georgia's 'bootstrapping' detention of kids for indiscretions

By Susan Ferriss

A report criticizes Georgia confinement of kids for repeating minor "status offenses," such as curfew violations

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By Julie Strupp

Report: States deal with more female offenders

By Susan Ferriss

Report reveals dramatic decline in youth incarceration

By Susan Ferriss

Black Missouri teens increasingly tried disproportionately as adults

By Kenneth J. Cooper

Fight brewing over historic California plan to close last three youth prisons

By Susan Ferriss

Brown, legislators tussle over proposed closure of last three youth facilities

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Georgia considers reforms for youth prisons rife with problems

By Susan Ferriss

California bucks trend by rejecting new limits on 'solitary'

By Susan Ferriss

After years of effort, Illinois finds traction in meeting needs of mentally ill youth

By Ed Finkel, Dick Mendel and Juvenile Justice Information Exchange

Georgia's troubled effort to reduce juvenile crime

By Jim Walls

School discipline debate reignited by new Los Angeles data

By Susan Ferriss

UPDATED: Schools' police chief responds to new citations data.

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Los Angeles moves haltingly toward ending fines for truancy

By Susan Ferriss

Los Angeles ends big fines, limits police enforcement of truancy law

By Susan Ferriss

Los Angeles report: Limit suspensions, don't fine truants

By Susan Ferriss

Los Angeles to vote Feb. 22 on ending $250 truancy fines

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Youth rehabilitation centers in Florida under scrutiny

By Susan Ferriss

Florida public defenders ask for juveniles to be removed from privately run rehabilitation center.

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Florida to close controversial juvenile detention center

By Susan Ferriss

Name that pardon

By Marianne Lavelle

Federal legal aid vulnerable to fraud, questions of conflicts and intimidation

By John Solomon

Key senator ‘outraged’ by poor legal aid oversight

By John Solomon

Report: States deal with more female offenders

By Susan Ferriss

A new report about state policies shows a rethinking in putting younger kids into adult court, police interaction with minority kids

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By Julie Strupp

Georgia's 'bootstrapping' detention of kids for indiscretions

By Susan Ferriss

Black Missouri teens increasingly tried disproportionately as adults

By Kenneth J. Cooper

School discipline debate reignited by new Los Angeles data

By Susan Ferriss

Florida to close controversial juvenile detention center

By Susan Ferriss

Florida plans to close a privately run juvenile offener home that has been under scrutiny for alleged poor treatmetn of kids.

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Report reveals dramatic decline in youth incarceration

By Susan Ferriss

New therapy proves effective for juvenile sex offenders

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Youth rehabilitation centers in Florida under scrutiny

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Georgia's troubled effort to reduce juvenile crime

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