The Indianapolis nonprofit Paws & Think holds the Pawsitive Corrections program once a month at the Marion County Juvenile Detention Center. Pawsitive Corrections is a shelter dog obedience training program that aims to make dogs more adoptable as well as fosters confidence and empathy in the youth that participate.
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Victimization of Girls of Color funnels into incarceration
Girls of color are disproportionately affected in the juvenile justice system not only in terms of incarceration, though also in their victimization.
Capturing kids in confinement: A look through the lens
Photographer Richard Ross transports viewers into the cells of America’s confined children, through his body of work “Juvenile in Justice.”