Wyoming’s juvenile justice system places juvenile offenders in facilities at rates nearly double the national average. Influenced by research showing that juvenile incarceration leads to poor outcomes for kids, lawmakers are taking steps to reduce the practice with a bill to gather more data and budget amendments to restore funding for prevention efforts.
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