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PRINTABLE PAGE An Artistic Avenue For Juvenile Offenders By Stacy St. Clair, Daily Herald Staff WriterOriginally published in The Daily Herald, July 29, 2002 It used to be that juvenile offenders sentenced to probation spent their afternoons picking up roadside…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Kids In Prison Second in a two-part seriesYoung inmates report highest rate of assault By Ronnie Greene and Geoff Dougherty Originally published in The Miami Herald, March 19, 2001 Florida’s youngest prison inmates are also its most likely…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Fla. Gov. Bush Signs Prison Bill Originally published by The Associated Press, June 13, 2001 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Teen-agers sentenced to prison will be separated from adult inmates under a law Gov. Jeb Bush signed Wednesday. “Although…
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PRINTABLE PAGE City Is Urged Not to Add Jail Space for Juveniles By Michael CooperOriginally published in The New York Times, April 5, 2002 In the current climate of protests over city budget cuts, it is a man-bites-dog story: a…
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PRINTABLE PAGE New Bill Protects Kids In Prison By Charles SavageOriginally published in The Miami Herald, May 4, 2001 TALLAHASSEE — If jurors should convict 14-year-old Nathaniel Brazill of murdering his West Palm Beach middle school teacher, the boy would…
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PRINTABLE PAGE County Settles Suit In Hanging Juvenile hall suicide try left S.J. teen in near coma By Roxanne StitesOriginally published in the Mercury News, April 12, 2002 Shane VanZerr lies on a hospital bed in the living room of…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Sex Scandal Breaks at Girls Prison By Jay Reeves, Associated Press WriterOriginally published by The Associated Press, June 17, 2001 BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Sixteen-year-old Alana Williams has been in trouble with the law for years, but nothing, she…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Boy Raped in Juvenile Center Anthony Colarossi, Sentinel Staff WriterOriginally published in the Orlando Sentinel, May 4, 2001 TAVARES — The 13-year-old boy never recovered emotionally after he repeatedly was sexually molested for more than a year. Instead,…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Youth Prison Not Safe For Children By Martin BrightOriginally published in The Observer, May 19, 2002 Children held at a youth prison are being treated with such brutality they should be removed and placed in foster care for…