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"Report by watchdog group alleges ‘inhumane,’ ‘unjust’ treatment of youth at Cook County Juvenile Detention Center," by Shanzeh Ahmad and A.D. Quig, Chicago Tribune, March 17, 2023
"New Bill Could End Police Ticketing in Illinois Schools," by Jodi S. Cohen and Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, March 03, 2023
"After Decades in Prison, Should Adults Convicted as Teens Get a Second Chance? A Growing Number of State Laws Say Yes," by Sylvia A. Harvey, The Appeal, February 06, 2023
"Louisiana Imprisons Children In A Former Death Row Unit. The Kids Say It Haunts Them.," by Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg, The Appeal, January 13, 2023
"Nearly 300 sue over alleged sexual abuse at L.A. County juvenile halls and camps," by Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, December 27, 2022
"How Children End Up in Cleveland’s Adult Courts: A Bindover Explainer," by Abbey Marshall, Stephanie Casanova, Helen Maynard, Rachel Dissell, and Cid Standifer, The Marshall Project, December 12, 2022
"Court Clarifies How Juvenile Courts Consider Evidence When Transferring Cases to Adult Court," by Dan Trevas, Court News Ohio, November 29, 2022
"Mandatory Life Sentences for Juvenile Homicide Offenders are Unconstitutional, Rules Tennessee Supreme Court," by Emma Camp, Reason, November 21, 2022
"Moving Away From Deception When Interrogating Young Suspects," by Hayley Cleary and David Thompson, Psychology Today, November 11, 2022
"Louisiana Governor Calls for Inquiry Into Abuses at Juvenile Detention Center," by Megan Shutzer and Rachel Lauren Mueller, New York Times, November 01, 2022
"‘Dying Inside’: Chaos and Cruelty in Louisiana Juvenile Detention," by Megan Shutzer and Rachel Lauren Mueller, New York Times, October 30, 2022
"‘A virtual life sentence’ — Prison reform advocates still hopeful about second-look legislation," By Sabine Poux, KDLL, October 18, 2022
"Closing the gap: advances to youth access to counsel at arrest," Fair Trials, October 13, 2022
"Debate Over Enforced Curfew for Teens Spreads Nationwide," by TRC Staff, The Crime Report, September 23, 2022
"110 people once sentenced to life in prison as juveniles convene for 'freedom party'," by Carrie Johnson, NPR, September 13, 2022
