Paula Cooper is scheduled to be released next month
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- Published on Saturday, 18 May 2013 17:27
Children Left Behind Bars
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- Published on Wednesday, 17 April 2013 12:41
http://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1108&context=njihr
Tough Times For Girls In Juvenile Justice System
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- Published on Wednesday, 24 October 2012 04:38
http://www.npr.org/2012/10/24/163500619/tough-times-for-girls-in-juvenile-justice-system
http://www.law.georgetown.edu/academics/centers-institutes/poverty-inequality/upload/JDS_V1R4_Web_Singles.pdf
NPR October 24, 2012
The number of boys locked up for crimes has dropped over the past decade, but the number of young women detained in jails and residential centers has moved in the other direction. Experts say girls make up the fastest-growing segment of the juvenile justice system, with more than 300,000 arrests and criminal charges every year. A new report by the Georgetown Center on Poverty, Inequality, and Public Policy says the system isn't doing enough to help those young girls.
Unmarked graves of notorious youth prison snag sale by Florida DJJ
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- Published on Friday, 12 October 2012 04:02
http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/10/11/3045869/unmarked-graves-of-notorious-youth.html
Growing Up Locked Down
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- Published on Wednesday, 10 October 2012 03:32
Youth in Solitary Confinement in Jails and Prisons Across the United States
HRW October 10, 2012
http://www.hrw.org/reports/2012/10/10/growing-locked-down
http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/us1012ForUpload.pdf