Youth Confinement: The Whole Pie 2019On any given day, over 48,000 youth in the United States are confined in facilities away from home as a result of juvenile justice or criminal justice involvement. Most are held in restrictive, correctional-style facilities, and thousands are held without even having had a trial. But even these high figures represent astonishing progress: Since 2000, the number of youth in confinement has fallen by 60%, a trend that shows no sign of slowing down.
Sawyer, Wendy. “Youth Confinement: The Whole Pie 2019.” Prison Policy Initiative, 19 Dec. 2019, www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/youth2019.html.