How Sex Offender Registries Impact Youth

Riya Saha Shah, Teen Vogue •

This op/ed is part of Kids Incarcerated, a Teen Vogue series on youth incarceration in the United States for National Youth Justice Awareness Month. The author of this story, Riya Saha Shah, is a senior supervising attorney at Juvenile Law Center, the oldest nonprofit, public interest law firm for children in the United States.

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Riya Saha Shah is a Senior Managing Director of Juvenile Law Center. Riya began her career at Juvenile Law Center in 2005 as a Sol and Helen Zubrow Fellow in Children’s Law. In her role as a Senior Managing Director, Riya serves on the organization’s Management Team and is a leader in Juvenile Law Center’s programmatic justice work. Since the beginning of her legal career, Riya has engaged in litigation, policy advocacy, and amicus efforts to reduce the harm of the juvenile and criminal legal system.

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