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mountain grammy

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6. Yeah, right! Congress is trying to change this.

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Sat May 3, 2014, 09:59 AM

May 2014

they need to get off their dead asses and do something now! This is just wrong on every level. The Justice Department also should be looking at every case of every juvenile who is locked up.

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The U.S. Sends 2 Million Kids to Prison Every Year [View all] n2doc May 2014 OP

We are not now, chervilant May 2014 #1

so true... if we cared more about the children, they would all be getting free college secondwind May 2014 #5

Horrific. MannyGoldstein May 2014 #2

and those who do not fall under the "status offenses" littlewolf May 2014 #3

we've got to keep our promise to our privatized prison systems.... spanone May 2014 #4

+2,000,000 nt Fla Dem May 2014 #8

+ another 2,000,000. The private prison system must be extremely profitable, no matter how many indepat May 2014 #11

Yeah, right! Congress is trying to change this. mountain grammy May 2014 #6

The article mentions my usually far right Congressman Ted Poe. You may remember him when Dustlawyer May 2014 #7

funny, because it's nearly impossible to sue your parents for child abuse. redruddyred May 2014 #9

What does this have to do with the topic in OP? alp227 May 2014 #10

someone mentioned something about america not being a child-centric society redruddyred May 2014 #12

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2014 #13

WTH whoever that was .. littlewolf May 2014 #14