How Germany Treats Juveniles [JJIE.org]

Samantha Sangenito 7/7/1512:00 PM

This story was originally published by The Marshall Project andVice News. The Marshall Project is a nonprofit news organization focused on the U.S. criminal justice system. You can sign up for their newsletter, or follow the Marshall Project on Facebook or Twitter.

Neustrelitz Prison is a juvenile facility, but whereas in the United States the word “juvenile” usually refers to those under 18, the 150 men and women at this German institution are almost all between 19 and 25. They’re housed in a collection of small white buildings with pitched, shingled roofs that sit behind a wall in the countryside of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, a large but sparsely populated state along Germany’s northern coast about the size of New Hampshire. (It’s even got the same tall trees and crisp air.)

[For more of this story go to http://jjie.org/how-germany-treats-juveniles/109690/]

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