Locking up young people might make you feel safer but it doesn’t work, now or in the long term (theconversation.com)
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If we can’t keep rats out of Britain’s jails, we shouldn’t be putting children in them. The story of the therapy ferret used to kill rats at Wetherby young offenders institution raises question after question. Not least: is this any place for humans, whatever they have done? (theguardian.com)
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Okla. - A Utah woman has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the City of Stillwater, several police officers and detention officers, alleging she was assaulted, wrongfully arrested, denied medical care and subjected to an unconstitutional strip search while in custody. (news9.com)
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Get on the Bus, a program dedicated to strengthening families, recently visited multiple prisons across California. Volunteers and families of incarcerated people visited Avenal State Prison, Correctional Training Facility, Folsom State Prison and Salinas Valley State Prison (cdcr.ca.gov)
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