The U.S. Sends 2 Million Kids to Prison Every Year. Congress Is Trying to Change That.
The two lawmakers are working together with colleagues to completely overhaul the juvenile-justice system in the United States, where more youths are incarcerated than in any other nation by a 5-to-1 ratio. On average, the U.S. sends 2 million children to juvenile detention every year, 95 percent of whom have not committed a violent crime.
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