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Sarah McNeely
Wed, 05/14/2008

Children go to jail, for lack of options

Why jail is seen as an alternative

I was particularly struck when I viewed my Boston Globe email alerts the other day and read an editorial called Children go to jail, for lack of options.
I know that this might seem strange, since we are saturated daily by media articles and sound bites of youth violence and crimes on the streets. Last year, in fact, 5,400 children in our state were sent to jail after being charge with a crime.

But that’s not what surprised me.  read more »

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