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Across the Country, Youth Prisons Are Closing. This State Is Building More.

By Paige Pfleger, ProPublica · September 25, 2026

Across the country, states have been shuttering their youth prisons as juvenile crime has plummeted and research shows the facilities are not effective at keeping youth out of trouble after release. From 2000 to 2022, the number of the highest-security facilities for kids has dropped by more than 40%, the most recent…

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Across the Country, Youth Prisons Are Closing. This State Is Building More.

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