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The Competing Visions to Fix the Country’s Juvenile Justice Crisis (www.themarshallproject.org)

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When 17-year-old David was put in isolation for fighting in juvenile detention in Tennessee, it made him want to fight even more. “I couldn’t do anything but do pushups and get mad and think about stuff. It makes you want to come out and put your hands on somebody,” the teen, who was using a pseudonym because he is a minor, told the nonprofit news outlet MLK50.

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