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"Tennessee Lawmakers Pass Fix to School Threats Law After Kids Were Arrested for Jokes and Misunderstandings," by Aliyya Swaby and Paige Pfleger, ProPublica/WPLN/Nashville Public Radio, April 10, 2026
"Missouri expands prosecutors’ role in juvenile cases, lengthens prison terms," by Steph Quinn, Missouri Independent, April 08, 2026
"Restorative Justice Diversion: A Better Way to Provide Meaningful Accountability for Youth," by Richard Mendel, The Sentencing Project, March 26, 2026
"Automatically Charging Youth as Adults," by Olivia Naugle, The Sentencing Project, December 11, 2025
"Georgia parole board defends parole process for juvenile lifers," by Megan Butler, Courthouse News Service, December 10, 2025
"A Wisconsin bill would allow one youth offender — and about 100 others — to appeal a life sentence," by Frank Zufall, Wisconsin Examiner, December 04, 2025
"The Competing Visions to Fix the Country’s Juvenile Justice Crisis," by Jamiles Lartey, The Marshall Project, November 08, 2025
"‘It Was Chaos’: How an Ohio Youth Treatment Center Tried to Put an End to Rising Violence," by Brittany Hailer, The Marshall Project, November 06, 2025
"Finding the Racist Roots of Maryland’s Juvenile Justice System," by Vincent Schiraldi, The Marshall Project, October 24, 2025
"N.Y.P.D. to Notify Parents When Minors Are Entered Into Gang Database," by Maria Cramer, New York Times, October 16, 2025
"For these incarcerated students, online school has been a disaster," by Bianca Vázquez Toness, Associated Press, August 14, 2025
"When a child goes to prison for murder," by Megan Butler, Courthouse News Service, August 08, 2025
"Students have been called to the office — and even arrested — for AI surveillance false alarms," by Sharon Lurye, Associated Press, August 08, 2025
"Why Are We Backsliding on Juvenile Justice?," by Liz Ryan and Vincent Schiraldi, Governing, July 17, 2025
"Tennessee’s Law on School Threats Ensnared Students Who Posed No Risks. Two States Passed Similar Laws.," by Aliyya Swaby, ProPublica, June 10, 2025
