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Hawaii Has No Girls In Juvenile Detention. Here’s How It Got There.

Washington Post | Published on 8/12/2022
To read the full story, visit:   https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/07/25/hawaii-zero-girls-youth-correctional-facility/


For additional information on girls in the delinquenc system, see these additional resources:

Illinois' Incarcerated Girls and LGBTQ Youth (Bluhm Legal Clinic – Pritzker Northwestern School of Law, 2018)
 

A Guide to Juvenile Detention Reform: Making Detention Reform Work for Girls (Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2013)

Girls Matter: Centering Gender in Status Offense Reform Efforts (Vera Institute, 2019)


Gender Injustice: System-Level Juvenile Justice Reforms for Girls (Francine Sherman & Annie Balck, 2015)

Be Her Resource: A Toolkit about School Resource Officers and Girls of Color (The Georgetown Law Center on Law and Policy & The National Black Women’s Justice Institute)