States Must Do More to Protect Children in the Criminal Justice System

> Even with these acknowledgments from the nation’s highest court, thousands of people are serving life sentences for crimes committed before they turned 18, according to a Sentencing Project report.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/02/juvenile-justice-life-sentence-kids-in-prison.html#

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We Shouldn’t Be Sending Kids to Prison for Life. I’m Living Proof.

Every child and young person sent away has the potential to someday be an indispensable community member on the outside.

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They Went to Prison as Kids. Now They’re on Death Row.

Fight clubs, solitary confinement and neglect make juveniles angrier and more violent.

The Marshall Project