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Shackles and Solitary: Inside Louisiana’s Harshest Juvenile Lockup

March 10, 2022
Michele is interviewed on juvenile systems around the country manage their most challenging youth. “They’re just throwing up their hands and saying: ‘We’ve exhausted our options. We just don’t know what to do," Michele comments.
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Locked Out, Looking In: How Correctional Oversight Agencies are Adapting During the COVID Crisis

Nov. 30, 2020
The creative strategies that oversight bodies have been using to gather information about what is happening behind bars during the COVID-19 pandemic.