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While incarcerated, children are often provided with inadequate education instruction, health care, and counseling services and they are at greater risk of maltreatment, physical and psychological abuse, sexual assault, and suicide

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Mendel, Richard. 2015. “Maltreatment of Youth in U.S. Juvenile Corrections Facilities: An Update,” p. 2. Annie E. Casey Foundation.
https://www.aecf.org/resources/maltreatment-of-youth-in-us-juvenile-corrections-facilities/.

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