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Over the past 15 years, the number of children locked up each year in the United States has been cut in half. According to a new analysis from The Pew Charitable Trusts, between 2006 and 2015, the share of adjudicated youth in residential facilities declined from 201 per 100,000 juveniles to 100 per 100,000. Through the efforts of community advoca...
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