Wilding at will — NY’s ‘reforms’ let kids sow terror
On the sunny last Saturday of March, 6-year-old Inez O’Brien and her mom Ellena headed home to Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn after ...
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Tag: juvenile detention
30 probation officers charged with enabling ‘gladiator fights’ between at least 143 juvenile inmates
Thirty probation officers have been charged with allowing — and even encouraging — scores of “gladiator fights” at a California ...
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While Youth Detention Numbers Rise, States Begin to Roll Back Reforms
Filed 12:00 p.m. EST 12.21.2024 Los Angeles County is one of many places that have struggled to maintain safe conditions ...
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The blood of teen shooters and their kid victims are on the hands of Albany leaders
The juvenile justice system in New York is broken and failing thanks to Raise the Age — a 2018 law ...
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How a broken juvenile justice system is failing in NYC
One of the Big Apple’s most notorious criminals this year has been arrested two dozen times in less than two ...
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Ohio Joins States Trying to Reform Juvenile Justice
This is The Marshall Project’s Closing Argument newsletter, a weekly deep dive into a key criminal justice issue. Want this ...
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Las Vegas student mom of Jonathan Lewis, who was beaten to death by mob outside school rips bullies’ plea deal
The mother of the Las Vegas teen beaten to death by a gang of bullies last year furiously called out ...
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Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court Using Private Facilities as Detention Alternative
Concerned about overcrowded youth detention centers, Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court officials sought safer settings and a better path forward for ...
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Jackson, MS, Wants Curfew Centers to Cut Crime. Here’s What Others Did.
After a 17-year-old was charged with the fatal shooting of 14-year-old Eugene Kelly in Jackson, Mississippi’s first murder of 2024, ...
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Teen stabbed to death over sweet-and-sour sauce outside DC McDonald’s
A 16-year-old girl was stabbed to death outside a Washington, DC-area McDonald’s in an apparent dispute about sweet and sour ...
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