Black teens are prosecuted as adults in N.J. at ‘disturbing’ rate, report finds
New Jersey has an "abusive and arbitrary" system that allows prosecutors to send children and teens to adult court, a new ...
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Teenager to stay in adult court in death of a youth prison counselor in Lincoln County
An inmate charged in the death of a counselor at a juvenile facility in Lincoln County will stay in adult court. A Lincoln ...
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El Salvador's Bold Move: Housing Juvenile Offenders with Adult Inmates
El Salvador's Congress passed a controversial measure allowing minors involved in organized crime to be housed with adults, albeit separately. This move aligns with President Nayib Bukele's aggressive ...
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Washington lawmakers confront juvenile detention overcrowding crisis
Overcrowding at Washington’s biggest juvenile detention center has grown to crisis levels over the past year. A slew of bills ...
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Minors in Louisiana could be sent to adult prison for a growing list of crimes
“That’s why you have a whole juvenile justice system,” Livers said. “They don’t respond the same way to adult-type expectations.” Teens could face decades more of prison timeLast ...
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Washington lawmakers confront juvenile detention overcrowding crisis
the state’s medium and maximum security facilities for juvenile offenders. Around the same time, the state agency transferred 43 young men from Green Hill School in Chehalis to an adult prison ...