“Reporters generally stink at math, yet they love numbers. The bigger the number, the more compelling the story becomes.

Here’s a number that scribes will hear at a juvenile-justice conference this week, sponsored by the Tow Foundation: It costs up to $90,000 to jail a youth for a year, and the re-offender rate is higher compared to cheaper intervention programs that stress staying in school and out of lockup…”

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