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For Girls of Color Who Have Been Violated by the TSA
Photograph Dan Paluska via Flickr Creative Commons
Is the Supreme Court Ready to Make Marriage Equality the Law of the Land?
By Susan J. Becker
Ohio Prisons, Solitary Confinement and Mental Illness
Let’s imagine…
By Adrienne Gavula
Voter Registration: Ohio Needs to Join the 21st Century
This is the second article in the “Online for All” series.
By Fred Ross
Chains Hurt Children: The Harm of Restraints
This is the fifth in a series of posts on the topic of juvenile shackling. The automatic shackling or use of restraints on youth in juvenile court does not promote safety. Instead, it actually promotes humiliation, hurts children’s mental and emotional stability, and fails to teach youth the concept of respect. Most children in the juvenile court system are accused of low-level, sometimes non-criminal offenses and pose no risk. Yet, they are forced to wear chains and other degrading restraints that leave long lasting emotional scars.
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