juvenile
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County Probation Department since 2008 to house youths who are transitioning out of the county’s juvenile halls.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
The training involved participation and coaching by people who were incarcerated at Graterford prison, in Pennsylvania—many of them juvenile lifers.
From Slate • May 27, 2026
Scientists say the Riodeva fossil site continues to yield valuable material, including additional bones from the same adult dinosaur and rare juvenile remains.
From Science Daily • May 17, 2026
She hopes to bolster collaboration between the criminal and juvenile dependency systems, writing, “I have seen how families often navigate these systems simultaneously, yet the systems rarely communicate with one another.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
She felt that the only reason they’d survived this long without turning into cowardly wimps or juvenile delinquents was because they’d had each other.
From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech
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