Low-Quality Schools Are a Double Punishment for Youth in Prison
Steven Depolo | Flickr By Hailly T.N. Korman and Paul Beach / The Appeal For years, youth incarceration has been falling across the country as calls to close youth prisons have grown louder. And for good reason. In theory, juvenile justice is supposed to be rehabilitative. In reality, youth prisons are often harmful settings for the thousands of young people who spend time behind bars in any given year. Evidence shows that these facilities cause further trauma to many incarcerated youth, ranging