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5 Tips for Working with Prisoners for Advocates

According to Bureau of Justice Statistics, as of 2016, the United States has more than 1.5 million individuals residing in the nation’s corrections system.

Human Rights Watch reports that over 50,000 youth, ranging in age from 13 to 18 years old are incarcerated in juvenile detention centers (juvenile hall) While the majority are in juvenile detention facilities, many are held in adult facilities. Many states have laws that make it possible for children to be charged as adults and, if found guilty, they are placed in adult correctional facilities. Seventeen n states have outlawed lifetime prison sentences without the possibility of parole. However, these restrictions do not stop children from being placed in adult detention facilities. As of 2017, approximately 5,000 children are adult prisons. This is the largest number of children in adult prisons in the entire developed world.

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