“One lesson we draw from recent tragedies is the importance of an independent oversight board whenever children and teenagers find themselves in government confinement.”
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Jane M. Spinak is the Edward Ross Aranow Clinical Professor of Law at Columbia University and the former attorney-in-charge of the Juvenile Rights Division at the Legal Aid Society of New York City.
Alexandra Cox is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at SUNY New Paltz, a former Soros Justice fellow, and previously worked at the Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem.
