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The Jackson Free Press visited Creative Justice, an art-based alternative program in King County, Wash., in 2016. It allows young people to express themselves creatively at the direction of an artist mentor. Photo courtesy Timothy Augero

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Youth Courts, Detention May See Reforms from Mississippi Legislature

A record 459 children were in custody in 2015 in Hancock County on Mississippi's Gulf Coast—the highest number of children in detention facilities per capita in the state.

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