Compared to cities of a similar size, Philadelphia has one of the highest juvenile detention rates in country.

Dain Saint and @samanthamelamed.bsky.social explore the scale of this issue, the system's racial disparities, abuse allegations, and a high rearrest rate.

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Philly DA Krasner pledged to transform juvenile justice and said his would stop “coercing” kids charged as adults to plead guilty in return for moving their cases to the juvenile system.

Now, critics say those policies have been quietly abandoned.

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Abuse scandals have been a constant in PA juvenile institutions, leading bipartisan leaders to call for less reliance on youth incarceration.

Despite local efforts, Philly remains an outlier—locking up kids more than other big cities, and other PA counties.

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THREAD: I am appalled to learn that young people at the Philadelphia Juvenile Justice Services Center (PJJSC) have reported being subject to seclusion for as much as ten days at a time. (1/5)

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Those screenshots are from this Phila. Inquirer article by @samanthamelamed.bsky.social.

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I don’t understand why judicial misconduct complaints in PA are publicly dismissed—with the judge getting a letter without the public being told—“when there was a violation, but there are mitigating factors” like “long tenure on the bench without complaints, or a judge’s efforts to rectify errors.”