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Formerly incarcerated teens share their research and ideas on how to improve the juvenile justice system

  • Written by Shiv R. Desai, Associate professor of education, University of New Mexico
imageYouth in New Mexico used their own experiences with arrest and incarceration to advocate for others. Brian Vander Brug/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

“They treat us like animals.”

“I was called a menace to society by two judges.”

These are just two of the comments made by incarcerated teens during focus group interviews...

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