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Wedge of a pie chart showing that nearly 11,000 youths are confined for status offenses or technical violations. In 2015, 2,328 were held for status offenses and 8,557 were held for technical violations.

Data Source: See report methodology for source information. (Graph: Wendy Sawyer, 2018)

This graph originally appeared in Youth Confinement: The Whole Pie.



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