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Thursday, April 01, 2010

Runaway foster kids can't be jailed, court rules

Runaway foster kids can't be jailed, court rules

Juvenile court judges cannot jail delinquent foster kids in county lockups just to keep the kids from running away, a Miami appeals court ruled Wednesday, ending a years-old practice that child welfare authorities have employed to protect runaway kids from themselves.

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