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This former CPS student, arrested at school at age 11, got tripped up in a job search at 20. WBEZ/Linda Paul
If you look at all the arrests of juveniles in the city of Chicago, you’ll see that about a quarter of them-and that’s almost 5,000 a year-take place on the grounds of Chicago Public Schools. Even when that arrest is the end of it, when the case never goes to court, it can set in motion a record that sometimes can be seen by others. In part two of our look at juvenile records: the story of a young man whose arrest at 11 resurfaced and tripped him up when he was 20. It’s part of our juvenile justice series, Inside and Out.
This story aired on WBEZ/Chicago Public Media on December 20, 2010.
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