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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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Report: States deal with more female offenders

By Susan Ferriss

Georgia's 'bootstrapping' detention of kids for indiscretions

By Susan Ferriss

Black Missouri teens increasingly tried disproportionately as adults

By Kenneth J. Cooper

Florida to close controversial juvenile detention center

By Susan Ferriss

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

Georgia considers reforms for youth prisons rife with problems

By Susan Ferriss

New director: Georgia's youth prisons troubled by guard turnover, workers having sex with wards and more violent population

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Federal report slams record of putting youth in adult prison

By Susan Ferriss

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

By Susan Ferriss

Georgia's troubled effort to reduce juvenile crime

By Jim Walls

New report: Minors in 'solitary' hallucinate, harm themselves

By Susan Ferriss

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Federal report slams record of putting youth in adult prison

By Susan Ferriss

A new federal report recommends serious study, reconsideration of imprisoning youths as adults

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Georgia's troubled effort to reduce juvenile crime

By Jim Walls

Georgia considers reforms for youth prisons rife with problems

By Susan Ferriss

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

By Susan Ferriss

Minor offenders, major consequences

By Julie Strupp

California bucks trend by rejecting new limits on 'solitary'

By Susan Ferriss

California bucks trend; politics or money to blame?

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

By Susan Ferriss

Georgia considers reforms for youth prisons rife with problems

By Susan Ferriss

New report: Minors in 'solitary' hallucinate, harm themselves

By Susan Ferriss

Juvenile life without parole: Massachusetts moves cautiously toward reform

By Maggie Mulvihill

New report: Minors in 'solitary' hallucinate, harm themselves

By Susan Ferriss

New report: Minors in 'solitary' hallucinate, harm themselves

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Georgia's troubled effort to reduce juvenile crime

By Jim Walls

Georgia considers reforms for youth prisons rife with problems

By Susan Ferriss

Report reveals dramatic decline in youth incarceration

By Susan Ferriss

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

By Susan Ferriss

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Georgia's troubled effort to reduce juvenile crime

By Jim Walls

Georgia changed law covering juvenile offenses, but recidivism remains high

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New report: Minors in 'solitary' hallucinate, harm themselves

By Susan Ferriss

Report reveals dramatic decline in youth incarceration

By Susan Ferriss

Federal report slams record of putting youth in adult prison

By Susan Ferriss

New therapy proves effective for juvenile sex offenders

By Sarah Boslaugh and Juvenile Justice Information Exchange

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

By Ed Finkel, Dick Mendel and Juvenile Justice Information Exchange

Cook County sparks national changes in treatment for delinquent youth.

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Report: Too little mental health care for boomers

By The Associated Press

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

By Ed Finkel, Dick Mendel and Juvenile Justice Information Exchange

Despite Tucson and rising needs, mental health takes a back budget seat

By Amy Biegelsen

Traceability elusive in global trade of human parts

By Kate Willson and Mar Cabra