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Tim Hardy, director of the Yuma County Juvenile Justice Center, high-fives students at James B. Rolle Elementary School as community leaders help kick off a new school year with a human "hope tunnel." Hardy introduced schools across Yuma County to the idea and others promoted by Kids at Hope, a Phoenix-based program that teaches all kids are capable of success. (Photo by Katie Campbell/Arizona Capitol Times)
Aug 25, 2017

Yuma County approach to juvenile justice a model for state, nation

Yuma County puts troubled kids behind bars only as a last resort, and starts addressing the needs of the ones who might head down the wrong path before they do.

Jul 7, 2017

Juvenile crime plummets — experts at a loss to explain

Arizona’s juvenile detention centers are closing because juvenile offender populations are plummeting, and juvenile offender populations are plummeting because kids these days are committing crimes at a rate far below generations before them.

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