Some are kept in detention for multiple days after witnessing a schoolyard scuffle. One of them was put into solitary confinement because he was standing next to his door. They take everything from yo cub you cani jag water remind us how old jacorius is at the time this is happening, 12.
For 11 years, a Tennessee judge sent kids to jail for a crime that doesn’t exist. Nashville Public Radio’s Meribah Knight explains why that judge is still in charge of “juvenile justice.”
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