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K.C. v. Nedelkoff - Plaintiff Profiles (06/12/2008)
Profiles of courageous girls confronting oppressive conditions in the Texas Youth Commission's Brownwood State School, a youth prison in central Texas. Despite struggles in their own lives, the girls are standing up for their rights and the rights of the other children confined in Brownwood.

Incarcerated Girls "Testify" at U.S. Social Forum (06/28/2007)
On June 28, five girls held in juvenile prisons "testified" before a Court of Women convened as part of the U.S. Social Forum in Atlanta, Georgia. Although the girls' confinement prevented them from personally attending the event, digital audio recordings of the girls' testimony was presented to the Court.

Custody and Control: Eye-Witness Account of Abuse in Juvenile Justice (11/29/2006)
Carrie Chalmers was a volunteer tutor at a New York state facility for girls, and relays her first-hand account of the educational, health and abuse crises happening at New York state facilities that were designed to rehabilitate juveniles, but instead seem to build and reinforce a criminal nature.

Custody and Control: A Former Inmate's Account of Abuse in Juvenile Justice (09/29/2006)
"Custody and Control" reports that "delinquent" young girls from backgrounds of intergenerational poverty. Juanita Crawford, 19, spent a year and a half at Lansing Correctional Facility.

Custody and Control: Summary and Key Recommendations (09/25/2006)
This report focuses on the two large facilities in which girls in New York state are confined, the Tryon and Lansing facilities, and concludes that, far too often, girls experience abuse and neglect, and are denied the mental health, educational, and other rehabilitative services they need.