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In Pennsylvania, we can do better than caging kids

"I was confined under these conditions from ages 14 to 18. Even the simple adolescent act of making friends was impossible. I ...

65,000 Pennsylvania kids have a parent in prison or jail − here’s what research says about the value of in-person visits

It would also prohibit the replacement of in-person visits with other forms of communication such as video calls. I’m a ...
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Opinion - Kids need care, not cages: Investment, not incarceration, reduces crime

When I was a teenager caught up in the juvenile justice system, I learned something President Trump refuses to acknowledge: the system fails most kids it touches, and treating children like enemies of ...
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65,000 Pennsylvania kids have a parent in prison or jail − here’s what research says about the value of in-person visits

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Julie Poehlmann, University of Wisconsin-Madison (THE CONVERSATION) Across ...