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“You can’t use up creativity.  The more you use, the more you have.”
– Maya Angelou

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*A large amount of youth are incarcerated in the United States, but not for crimes that are much heavier than other people. Statically speaking, 60% are in jail because of drug, public order offense, or property crimes.

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*Some recommendations could be that states can limit commitment to youth prisons to only those who have done serious offenses and who are a danger to the public safety.

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*The justice system in D.C. has been unfair to its youth for a very long time. *At one point the facility was very over crowded, rats and cockroaches crawled on the kids as they slept.
*Solitary confinement and shackling was often used as a means of punishment.

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*The point of the RECLAIM program is to change the funding of youth corrections from the state to counties by using a formula.