Sentence examples for entered juvenile from inspiring English sources

WHEN Jordan entered juvenile detention shortly after his 17th birthday, following a conviction for assault and robbery, all he could think about was getting out.

Among the youths cited in the suit are G.F., a girl who entered juvenile hall at age 13 and has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and ADHD.

I was adamant from the moment I entered juvenile detention that I wanted to do my A-Levels and, with a two-year sentence and no chance of early release for at least eight months, there should have been time.

Furthermore, 14,000 or more children of the imprisoned annually enter foster care, while an undetermined number enter juvenile detention and adult prisons.

If you are a juvenile, the state in which you live can determine whether you enter juvenile or adult court.

Maybe he was blinded by the sun — that was the first thought that entered my juvenile mind — but I quickly understood that Lao Lan was trying to provoke my father.

He is part of an effort to understand them, gathering data for an ambitious research project that for almost two decades has closely tracked the lives of more than 1,800 youths in Chicago who, as he did, entered the juvenile justice system at an early age.

Williams had first entered a juvenile lock-up when he was 9 years old.

I made jokes at the expense of others, violated boundaries, and even entered into juvenile battles with other bloggers--none of which I'm proud of and all of which will remain etched in Internet stone.

As to justice-involved youth, according to The Kaiser Foundation's Issue Brief on health coverage for youth in the juvenile justice system, the majority of youth entering the juvenile justice system are placed on some form of community probation depending on the seriousness of the offense and other factors.

Three-quarters of children entering the juvenile justice system have drug or alcohol problems, more than half have had a diagnosis of mental health problems and one-third have developmental disabilities.