We could send kids to the finest colleges in the country for what it costs California taxpayers to lock up kids in juvenile detention facilities. That's the gist of a new study, as Capitol Public Radio's Katie Orr reports.
Report: Locking Up Juvenile Offenders is Expensive -- Very Expensive -- for CA Taxpayers
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