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Jose, 14, is booked as a runaway at the Webb County Juvenile Detention facility. Most juvenile detention inmates in the United States are incarcerated for non-violent offenses.

You're a big gang member with your Scooby Doo underpants!-- A juvenile officer to this 11-year-old, being ordered into in a holding cell for processing. He was arrested and sent to Juvenile for marijuana possession.

11-year-old Alejandro waits while being booked at Webb County Juvenile Detention Center in Laredo, TX. He is being charged with posession of marijaunna.

10-year-old Alejandro being fingerprinted while he is booked for marijuanna posession.

Every day the inmates get smaller, and more confused about what brought them here. 10-year-old Alejandro arrives at Webb County Juvenile Detention following his arrest for marijuanna posession.

An eleven-year-old awaits procesing after his arrest for shoplifting at the Webb County Juvenile Detention Center, Laredo, Texas.

Voices from Juvenile Detention: Kids Behind Bars


It sounds harmless: ﾓpre-trial detention. But the reality is far different. In a squat block buildings in Laredo, Texas and in Portland, Oregonï¾—and in similar places around the…

Usulutan, El Salvador. December 17, 2007.
A Nicaraguan migrant worker sleeps on a hammock after finishing a work day at a sugar cane field in El Salvador's Oriente region bordering Honduras.

Immigrants from other Central American countries,…

Usulutan, El Salvador. December 17, 2007.
Nicaraguan migrant workers working at a sugar cane field in El Salvador's Oriente region bordering Honduras.

Immigrants from other Central American countries, especially Nicaragua and Honduras, arrive to El…

Usulutan, El Salvador. December 14, 2007.
Nicaraguan migrant workers prepare to go home after a work day at a sugar cane field on the outskirts of Usulutan, eastern El Salvador.

Immigrant labor from other Central American countries, especially…