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Burning down the House The End of Juvenile Prison

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ISBN-10: 1595589562

ISBN-13: 9781595589569

Edition: 2014

Authors: Nell Bernstein

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Usually, when high school age teenagers have a scuffle on the basketball court, they are benched for the game. When Brian got into it on the court, he and his rival were sprayed in the face at close range by a chemical similar to Mace. He was locked in a solitary confinement cell and denied a shower for 24 hours, while the weaponized chemical seeped in to his eyes and skin, creating permanent damage to his skin. For a month afterward, he suffered in solitary confinement, with almost no human contact at all.The United States leads the world in imprisoning youth. Police arrest nearly two million juveniles a year, and one in three American schoolchildren will be arrested by the time they are…    
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Book details

List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: New Press, The
Publication date: 6/3/2014
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 384
Size: 6.32" wide x 9.46" long x 0.16" tall
Weight: 1.452
Language: English