Sharon Steinmann - Photojournalist
Juvenile Detention in Mississippi: 20100114_splc_sls_042
![A boy is pictured in his cell at the Harrison County Juvenile Detention facility in Biloxi, Mississippi.](http://cdn.lightgalleries.net/4bd5ec0c3cf19/images/20100114_splc_sls_042-2.jpg)
In Mississippi, over 70% of the youth behind bars are accused of non-violent offenses like shoplifting, disorderly conduct or school-related disciplinary problems. Children as young as ten years old have been locked up for a school-yard fight or for misbehaving at home.
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