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As other cities and states have moved to ban using solitary confinement as punishment for teens, the practice has increased at one of the largest juvenile jails in the country.
By keeping youth prisons open, the state is actually spending more on incarcerating fewer and fewer young offenders according to a new report.
Better training could help police officers avoid interactions that could have a lasting negative impact on children’s development.
New legislation would require the presence of an attorney and videotaped interrogations when minors are questioned in serious crimes.
In Chicago, only a minuscule number of people access legal counsel during police interrogations. But there are ways to fix that.
Illinois joins states across the nation in raising the age on criminal prosecution to 18.