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Attention must be paid to ensuring that youth actually receive the services, supports, and opportunities they need and that those services work because many kids are sent into placement because the alternatives in the community do not seem up to task and, far too often, programs resist serving youth who have more challenging and complex problems.

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Providing financial incentives for states and municipalities to invest in alternatives to youth incarcenation, such as intensive rehabilitation; rehabilitative programming such as education, job training, and community services; and programs that provide youth the opportunity to repair harm to vistims and communities.

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Staffs at the facilities use uncontrolled, unsafe application of force. This had let to an alarming  number of serious injuries to youth, including  concussions, broken or knocked-out-teeth, and spiral fractures.

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In 2012, the bureau of justice statics conducted a national survey. The study found that one in eight incarcerated young people reported being victimized sexually by staff or other youth in the facility. 

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In 2012, the bureau of justice statics conducted a national survey. The study found that one in eight incarcerated young people reported being victimized sexually by staff or other youth in the facility. 

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From 1979 to 2004, Lawyers, the media, and advocacy organizations uncovered and documented abuses in state, local, or privately operated youth facilities in the district of Columbia and 23 states.