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Wurzl@lemmy.zip to United States | News & Politics@midwest.socialEnglish · 5 hours ago

Juvenile crime is down in Tennessee but that hasn’t stopped the state from moving ahead on building more youth prisons

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Juvenile crime is down in Tennessee but that hasn’t stopped the state from moving ahead on building more youth prisons

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Wurzl@lemmy.zip to United States | News & Politics@midwest.socialEnglish · 5 hours ago
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Across the Country, Youth Prisons Are Closing. This State Is Building More.
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Tennessee officials say they need more high-security facilities for kids who commit crimes. Experts say this approach flies in the face of crime data and research that shows youth prisons are not rehabilitative.
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  • m3t00🌎🇺🇦@midwest.social
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    prison song; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4L20t8Dvlg

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    Because ICE isn’t abducting slaves as fast as Tennessee needs, so it has to improvise.

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    Money!

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    Why help embattled kids become functional adults through empathetic, supportive social programs when you can instead lock them up and put them through the school-to-prison pipeline? /s

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      Because we need slaves

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