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In their own voices--raw and uncensored--inmates sentenced to death as teenagers talk about their lives in prison, and share their thoughts and feelings about how they ended up there. Susan Kuklin also gets inside the system, exploring capital punishment itself and the intricacies and inequities of criminal justice in the United States.
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Presents articles and essays espousing opposing viewpoints on topics pertaining to the incarceration of minors. Discusses methods for rehabilitating youth, whether minors should be jailed with other adults, and what is an appropriate age to be considered an adult. Includes introductions to each chapter viewpoint and supporting sidebars with facts and questions. Supplemented with lists of facts, organizations to contact, and resources for further reading....
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"In a clear-eyed indictment of the juvenile justice system run amok, award-winning journalist Nell Bernstein shows that there is no right way to lock up a child. The very act of isolation denies delinquent children the thing that is most essential to their growth and rehabilitation: positive relationships with caring adults. Bernstein introduces us to youth across the nation who have suffered violence and psychological torture at the hands of the...