Topic: juvenile detention

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Black kids jailed for nonexistent crime

Meribah Knight, Ken Armstrong - ProPublica
FILE - In this July 31, 2014 file photo, juvenile detention inmates at New York's Rikers Island jail walk in a single file to the chapel. Some activists say shutting down Rikers is the only solution for a cycle of abuses that includes violence by guards and gang members, mistreatment of the mentally ill and juveniles, and unjustly long detention for minor offenders. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File) (AP)

Juvenile justice in the U.S.

Tammy Chang, Omar Ilyas, Vic Wiener - The Conversation
A solitary confinement cell at New York's Rikers Island jail (AP/Bebeto Matthews)

The trauma of being a teen in solitary

Emily Restivo
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Lawyers sent to help incarcerated teens

Duaa Eldeib - ProPublica
Milwaukee County Jail

‘Minor’ Offenses Lead to Major sentences

Duaa Eldeib - ProPublica
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The horror of Juvenile prisons

Elias Isquith
(AP/Matt Houston)

"Make a strong statement"

Katie McDonough
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Alyssa Figueroa - Alternet
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Natasha Lennard
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Katie McDonough