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"As School Threats Proliferate, More Than 700 Students Are Arrested," by Troy Closson and Shaila Dewan, New York Times, September 25, 2024
"The Seemingly Endless Cycle of Reforms in Juvenile Justice," by Jamiles Lartey, The Marshall Project, September 07, 2024
"Should police be able to interrogate kids alone? A growing number of states say no," by Meg Anderson, NPR, August 29, 2024
"Alaska appeals court clears way to challenge juvenile life sentences," Associated Press, August 14, 2024
"Still Cruel and Unusual: Extreme Sentences for Youth and Emerging Adults," by Ashley Nellis, Ph.D. and Devyn Brown, The Sentencing Project, August 08, 2024
"Body slams, pepper spray and other recent abuses inside KY juvenile detention centers," by John Cheves, Lexington Herald-Leader, July 22, 2024
"These Private Centers Lack Oversight. Cuyahoga County Judges Send Kids Anyway.," by Brittany Hailer and Mark Puente, The Marshall Project, August 01, 2024
"Youth at Texas juvenile facilities subject to abuse, isolation, DOJ finds," by David Nakamura, Washington Post, August 01, 2024
"Jackson, Mississippi, Wants Curfew Centers to Cut Crime. Here’s What Other Cities Learned.," by Daja E. Henry, The Marshall Project, July 09, 2024
"Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Life Sentences for Juveniles in Arizona," by Adam Liptak, The New York Times, July 03, 2024
"Reform takes work and sometimes isn’t linear, but ‘there’s always hope somewhere’," by Kaitlin Durbin and John H. Tucker, Cleveland.com, June 09, 2024
"In Arizona, Life Sentences for Juveniles Test Supreme Court Precedents," by Adam Liptak, New York Times, June 10, 2024
"Juvenile justice: ‘From nothing to something and then right back to nothing’," by Deborah Yetter, Kentucky Lantern, May 28, 2024
"Gulf South states among U.S. leaders for juvenile life without parole sentences, study shows," by Kat Stromquist, WWNO, May 17, 2024
"For Young Offenders in Maine, Justice Varies With Geography," by Callie Ferguson, The New York Times, March 28, 2024
