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The graph trend doesn’t make it look like her county was that much of an outlier. I’d like to see this graph for all states individually and in aggregate and for groupings of interest like red/blue, urban/rural etc. Rate of locking up children seems like a very basic indicator.
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8/ Under Davenport, Rutherford County locked up a staggering 48% of children whose cases were referred to juvenile court. The statewide average was 5%. This graphic shows detention rates for juvenile courts in Tennessee. Rutherford County is on the far right.
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