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An increasing number of detained juveniles are girls.  Author and photographer Richard Ross interviewed and photographed over 250 girls detention facilities in his new book, Girls in Justice.  Ross found girls who had suffered horrific abuse,

For young children in high stress home environments, the effects can be long-term and dramatic.  A new study at the University of Washington found causal evidence that the stress response system suffered extreme, persistent effects based

In a recent effort to keep juvenile delinquents out of secured detention facilities, New York City s Administration for Children s Services stared a program called Close to Home, placing juvenile delinquents who do not pose risks

Very recently, the Texas Senate voted and passed a bill to decriminalize truancy, which is currently treated as a Class C misdemeanor, resulting in a criminal record.  Texas is one of 2 states who prosecute

A few weeks ago, CNN reporter John D. Sutter published a major article on the prevalence of poverty in one of the richest areas in the US, Silicon valley.  Poverty levels are linked to a