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Reporting on juvenile incarceration in Arkansas hands down hard lessons
posted 04/17/2019
While reporting on the juvenile justice beat for about two years, youth advocates, public defenders, juvenile re-entry workers and probation staff told me too many kids slipped through the cracks.
The toll of juvenile incarceration in Arkansas
posted 08/01/2018
Hundreds of Arkansas children are thrown behind bars every year. Most haven’t committed a violent crime. Worse, the conditions they face in detention are abysmal.

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Reporting on juvenile incarceration in Arkansas hands down hard lessons
While reporting on the juvenile justice beat for about two years, youth advocates, public... more »
posted 04/17/19
The toll of juvenile incarceration in Arkansas
Hundreds of Arkansas children are thrown behind bars every year. Most haven’t committed a violent... more »
posted 08/01/18

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Project: Youth lockup closing is second of 2019 for state
A youth lockup in southeast Arkansas closed its doors Thursday, making it the second such state facility to shutter since the start of the year.
Project: Judges aim to halt central Arkansas plan on youth probation
Support for Curcio’s reporting on this project also came from the Fund for Journalism on Child Well-Being, a program of the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism at the University of Southern California. Other stories in this series include:
Project: Youth-lockup firm to get Arkansas job in spite of vote; Hutchinson rejects panel’s concern on Indiana provider
Support for Curcio’s reporting on this project also came from the Fund for Journalism on Child Well-Being, a program of the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism at the University of Southern California. Other stories in this series include: