Earlier this month, when Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton announced a plan to overhaul the state鈥檚 juvenile justice system, she repeatedly used a word that stood out to ProPublica reporter Duaa Eldeib.
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The state鈥檚 plan is focused on moving incarcerated children from prison-like settings to dorm-like regional residential centers, and it鈥檚 being described as a sea change for the state. On Tuesday鈥檚 St. Louis on the Air, host Sarah Fenske spoke with Eldeib about and how it may have been influenced by what鈥檚 known as
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