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
Glass eels are juvenile eels, aged one to two years, that have just completed their migration across the Atlantic from the Sargasso Sea.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
In another signature case of juvenile prosecution, George Stinney, a fourteen-year-old black boy, was executed by the State of South Carolina on June 16, 1944.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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