Advocates say a two-year-old juvenile justice law that is helping keep children who commit low-level crimes out of jail may be pushing kids with mental illnesses and behavioral issues into the already strained foster care system.
Nomin Ujiyediin (@NominUJ) of the Kansas News Service reports.
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