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April 24, 2013
According to the FBI, only five percent of kids who get arrested have committed a violent crime, but the other 95 percent often face the same fate. In fact, the U.S. incarcerates its kids at a rate that is at least five times the rate of any other nation. As a result, many of these kids witness violence, are separated from their families, and struggle to complete high school, get jobs or go to college when they get out. And the long-term outcomes are stark: just 12 percent of formerly incarcerated youth had a high school diploma or GED by young adulthood and only about 30 percent were in...
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