Authoring Agencies: Human Rights Project for Girls, Georgetown Law Center on Poverty and Inequality, and Ms. Foundation for Women
Publication Date: 2015
This report details some of the ways in which the juvenile justice system fails young girls, the majority of whom are impoverished girls of color. It offers policy recommendations to dismantle the so-named “abuse to prison pipeline,” and outlines crucial steps toward ending the cycle of victimization-to-imprisonment for marginalized girls.