Thousands of Girls Are Locked Up for Talking Back or Staying Out Late

Thu, 20 Apr 2017 23:07:40 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/09/girls-juvenile-justice-status-offenses>

'By the time she was 16, Kara had been detained three times—one of the
nearly 50,000 adolescent girls who enter the courts every year because
of a system of criminalizing low-level offenses that has long been
biased against girls. "My biggest thing was not making my bed," Kara
says. "That was considered a violation of probation. That I got locked
up for it is ridiculous."'

Excellent and moving article on a serious problem.

Via Chris Fink (Trek Dad), Shawn H Corey​ and Muse.

Cheers,
        *** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net                   Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/             Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/                Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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