PRINTABLE PAGE Segregation of Teenage Inmates is ‘Child Abuse’ By Jason Bennetto, Crime CorrespondentOriginally published in The Independent (U.K.), February 11, 2002 Thousands of teenage inmates are being placed in isolation cells as punishment and physically restrained by prison officers…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Kids in Prison Tried as adults, they find trouble instead of help and rehabilitation By Ronnie Greene and Geoff DoughertyOriginally published in The Miami Herald, March 18, 2001 Florida’s get-tough campaign on violent teens is instead targeting young…
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PRINTABLE PAGE New York Halts Plan to Add Jail Space for Youths By Michael CooperOriginally published in The New York Times, June 26, 2002 New York City has backed away from a plan to spend $65 million to expand jail…
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PRINTABLE PAGE States Adjust Adult Prisons to Needs of Youth Inmates (The New York Times) By Sara RimerOriginally published in The New York Times, July 25, 2001 INDIAN SPRINGS, Nev. — Shaun Miller was 15 in 1998 when he was…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Americans Want Child Criminals Sentenced As Kids By Gail Appleson, Law CorrespondentOriginally published by Reuters, March 28, 2001 NEW YORK (Reuters) — Most Americans believe children accused of murder should be tried as juveniles despite a national wave…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Court Upholds Life in Prison For Teenager By Paul Pinkham, Times-Union staff writer Originally published in The Florida Times-Union, February 7, 2002 At 14, Joshua Phillips was old enough to be sentenced to life in prison without parole…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Chavis Indicted for King Murder By Ginny GraybielOriginally published in The Pensacola News Journal, April 12, 2002 Ricky Marvin Chavis, 40, was indicted today in the death of Terry King on Nov. 26. King was beaten to death…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Ex-Guard at Juvenile Center Gets 5 Months for Shakedown By Lauren Terrazzano, Staff WriterOriginally published in Newsday, July 16, 2002 A former guard at the Nassau Juvenile Detention Center who shook down parents for “protection money” for their…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Protection at a Price? 2 workers charged in alleged scheme at youth center By Lauren TerrazzanoOriginally published in Newsday, February 16, 2002 Two employees who guard children on the night shift at the Nassau County Juvenile Detention Center…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Panhandle Boys Indicted For Murdering Father By Bill Kaczor, for The Associated PressOriginally published by The Associated Press, December 12, 2001 PENSACOLA — A grand jury indicted two adolescent brothers as adults on premeditated murder and arson charges…