NEW: Across the country, states have shuttered their youth prisons in recent years as research shows they aren’t effective at helping kids stay out of trouble after release.
Tennessee is building more.
https://www.propublica.org/article/juvenile-crime-decrease-youth-prisons-tennessee-construction?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
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