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Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Families of Incarcerated Youth Facing Debt

Families of Incarcerated Youth Facing Debt

La Opinión, News Report, Yurina Rico, Translated by Suzanne

Manneh, Posted: Jan 24, 2009 Review it on NewsTrust

Having a child in juvenile hall is painful enough, but it is even more difficult when poor families have to pay Los Angeles County $25 for each day their child is locked up.

Isaac Gonzalez, who is 41 and works at a supermarket, received a bill of $5,000 for the six months his teenage son was at the juvenile detention center in Sylmar.
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