15-Year-Old Black Girl Has Been Incarcerated Since May for Failing to Complete Online Homework –

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15-Year-Old Black Girl Has Been Incarcerated Since May for Failing to Complete Online Homework –

By ArLuther Lee Photo credits: Vice News A 15-year-old Black girl in Michigan has been locked up in juvenile detention for more than two months after a judge ruled she violated probation by not completing her online schoolwork, according to an exclusive report by ProPublica. The girl, who is named Grace in ProPublica’s report, has been jailed […]

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