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New York project aims to narrow gap between minority versus white juvies sent to community programs, not prison
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A project aiming to grant more Black and brown youth entry to community-based programs that are an alternative to juvenile incarceration will be implemented in five upstate New York counties, the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services has announced.