Locked Up For Skipping School

Nationally, there’s a push to outlaw incarceration of students for skipping school and other non-criminal behavior and use alternatives.But some judges…

The first time a judge sent Marquise-Unique Travon Flynn to juvenile detention he was in fifth grade. He had one goal: not to cry in front of the other…

Skipping school is not a crime in Washington state, but it can still land a student behind bars.Juvenile courts in Washington lead the nation in locking…