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Article: INS creates office for juveniles. (National News Briefs).(Immigration and Naturalization Service)(Brief Article)
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- Corrections Today
- Article date:
- April 1, 2002
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The Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) is creating an office to oversee the protection of juveniles to minimize detention time and improve conditions for minors, according to The Washington Post. In 2000, INS detained more than 4,136 unaccompanied juveniles for more than 72 hours. This included teens who illegally immigrated without parents, youngsters smuggled in and runaways. Most spent about one month in INS custody and were males. The average age was 15.
The Office of Juvenile Affairs (OJA) ...