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Judges Are Locking Up Children for Noncriminal Offenses Like Repeatedly Disobeying Their Parents and Skipping School

Judges Are Locking Up Children for Noncriminal Offenses Like Repeatedly Disobeying Their Parents and Skipping School
ProPublica
12/22/2020
This story was co-published with Bridge Michigan.
In Michigan, judges have sent children to locked detention centers for refusing to take medication or failing to attend online class. For testing positive for using marijuana. For repeatedly disobeying their parents.
Even as other states move toward reforms focused on keeping nonviolent juvenile offenders in the community, Michigan continues to lock up children for minor transgressions that aren’t actually crimes: technical violations of probation or status offenses like truancy or staying out after curfew. ....

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Michigan judges are locking up children for noncriminal offenses like repeatedly disobeying their parents and skipping school

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In Michigan, judges have sent children to locked detention centers for refusing to take medication or failing to attend online class. For testing positive for using marijuana. For repeatedly disobeying their parents.
Even as other states move toward reforms focused on keeping nonviolent juvenile offenders in the community, Michigan continues to lock up children for minor transgressions that aren’t actually crimes: technical violations of probation or status offenses like truancy or staying out after curfew. ....

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Michigan locks up juveniles for noncrimes: Truancy, disobeying parents, not taking meds

Michigan locks up juveniles for noncrimes: Truancy, disobeying parents, not taking meds
Jodi S. Cohen and Duaa Eldeib, USA TODAY Handout
© Lisa Larson-Walker/ProPublica
“The system is waiting for you,” said Cartez, a 17-year-old in Michigan who repeatedly has been in trouble for violating probation.
This story was co-published with ProPublica Illinois and Bridge Michigan.
In Michigan, judges have sent children to locked detention centers for refusing to take medication or failing to attend online class. For testing positive for using marijuana. For repeatedly disobeying their parents.
Even as other states move toward reforms focused on keeping nonviolent juvenile offenders in the community, Michigan continues to lock up children for minor transgressions that aren’t actually crimes: technical violations of probation or status offenses like truancy or staying out after curfew. ....

United States , Kent County , Lake Huron , West Virginia , Ingham County , Michigan Center , Oakland County , South Dakota , Grand Rapids , Washtenaw County , Midland County , Wayne County , Nate Balis , Carol Siemon , John Nevin , Atasi Uppal , Wendy Campau , Eli Savit , Jason Smith , Gretchen Whitmer , Frank Vandervort , Jessica Martin , Josh Weber , Joshua Rovner , Terri Gilbert , Kathleen Bankhead ,