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The exterior of the West Virginia Penitentiary in Moundsville, West Virginia.

As US juvenile justice improves, West Virginia still funnels kids from schools to prisons

October 11, 2014Justice

The US is making major strides in reducing juvenile incarceration, but West Virginia has bucked the trend. Its incarceration rates remain much higher thanks to an overwhelmed and underfunded system that can’t give troubled children the support they need instead of jail time.

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