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Rival company to protest state's award of youth lockup contract to Rite of Passage

In a written statement, Gary Sallee, the chief legal officer for Youth Opportunity Investments, said Rite of Passage "did not meet the minimum qualifications for a bidder as defined by the state."
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Juvenile justice reforms in motion, but community program funding still uncertain

A Republican-sponsored bill could create real juvenile justice reform in Arkansas, advocates say. But some worry the state won't provide enough money for programs that provide alternatives to incarcerating youths.
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State's jailed youth population declines

But progress lags that of neighbors.

Youth facilities punish misbehavior by locking kids alone in cells, sometimes for days

Former Division of Youth Services director Ron Angel told reporter David Ramsey that "I should have gone ahead and done away with that concept, because it was prison. ... You can quote me on that — if I could go back in time, I would shut that building down."
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