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March 23, 2015
Adolescents Do Not Belong in the Adult Legal System
It’s time for New York to change how minors are tried in the criminal justice system.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
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February 20, 2015
One Thing Republicans and Democrats Are Starting to Work Together On (and It’s Not War)
Momentum for criminal justice reform is growing.
Zoë Carpenter
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February 5, 2015
This Is How Black Girls End Up in the School-To-Prison Pipeline
Harsh discipline is said to put black boys at risk, but black girls are suspended six times more than white girls. A new report asks why.
Dani McClain
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May 21, 2014
Ohio Will Stop Using Solitary Confinement to Punish Kids
A federal settlement to eliminate the use of seclusion on juvenile offenders is the first of its kind.
Steven Hsieh
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May 15, 2014
Watch Eric Holder Blast the ‘Excessive’ Use of Solitary Confinement in Juvenile Facilities
International organizations have said the seclusion of youth in custody amounts to torture.
Steven Hsieh
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July 8, 2010
Facing Up to Violence Against LGBT Youth Behind Bars
Daniel Redman appears on The Nation on Grit TV to describe how the juvenile justice system sends queer youth to prison in disproportionate numbers, fails to protect them from violence and discrimination while they're inside and condones attempts to turn them straight.
The Nation on Grit TV
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June 21, 2010
‘I Was Scared to Sleep’: LGBT Youth Face Violence Behind Bars
Across the US, the juvenile justice system sends queer youth to prison in disproportionate numbers, fails to protect them from violence while they're inside and condones attempts to turn them straight.
Daniel Redman