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All Pennsylvanians should be troubled by the commonwealth’s approach to the Office of Child Advocate | Opinion

Anthony Simpson and Cathleen Palm, PennLive •

In July 2019 with significant celebration, Pennsylvania’s governor publicly signed an executive order (2019-05) aimed at prioritizing the protection of vulnerable children and

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Police suggested charging a child for her explicit photos. Experts say the practice is common

Cluadia Lauer & Samantha Hendrickson, Associated Press •

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — When an Ohio father learned that his 11-year-old daughter had been manipulated into sending explicit photos to an adult, he turned

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Sentenced to Life as Boys, They Made Their Case for Release

Issie Lapowsky, New York Times •

Donnell Drinks woke up one morning to banging on his door in the projects of North Philadelphia. It was the late 1980s, and Mr. Drinks

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Kids sleeping on the floor due to overcrowding at Philly juvenile center

Brian Sheehan, NBC 10 News •

The city is calling on the court to intervene after overcrowding has become a problem at the Philadelphia Juvenile Justice Service Center in West Philadelphia

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At New Mexico’s biggest jail for children, toilets and staff are lacking — but strip searches are common.

Joshua Bowling, SearchLight New Mexico •

The décor inside the Bernalillo County Youth Services Center (YSC) is more in line with the children’s wing of your local library than a jail

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What to know about the crisis in Philly’s juvenile jail, and a judge’s latest order

Ellie Rushing, The Philadelphia Inquirer •

Philadelphia’s juvenile jail has been in crisis for months, and now for the second time, a Commonwealth Court judge has ordered the state to take

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Time lost in Philadelphia juvenile detention 'a whole other level of travesty,' says advocate

Pat Loeb, KYW NewsRadio •

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — A Commonwealth Court judge’s order for the state to take custody of some of the young offenders who have been sentenced

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Judge orders state to take custody of 26 Philly teens held in the city’s dangerously overcrowded juvenile jail

Ellie Rushing & Ximena Conde, The Philadelphia Inquirer •

What you should know:

  • A Commonwealth Court judge has given Pennsylvania officials 30 days to take custody of 26 young people living at Philadelphia’s juvenile