Update: Continuing trend toward zero youth incarceration
Recent reports on USA prisoners and jail inmates in 2021 show youth incarceration is still heading toward zero. The prison incarceration rate for men ages 18-19 fell 88% from 2001-2021. The trendline for that decline hits zero in 2025. The number of juveniles in adult prisons fell 92% from 2000-2021, and juveniles in adult jails fell 79% ...
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