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Section 2. Recommendations for Care of Children in Special Circumstances
HEPATITIS AND YOUTH IN CORRECTIONS SETTINGS 1
The number of arrests of juveniles (younger than 18 years of age) in the United States has decreased from 2.8 million in 1997 to 2.2 million in 2003, representing almost 3% of the pediatric population. More than 300 000 youth are maintained annually in detention facilities awaiting court hearings, and on any given day, more than 140 000 adolescents are incarcerated in juvenile corrections facilities or adult prisons or jails. Incarceration periods of at least 90 days await 60% of juvenile inmates, and 15% can expect to be confined for a year or more behind bars. Incarcerated youth disproportionately are male and are more likely to be members of ethnic or racial minorities. Female juveniles constitute 13% of the incarcerated juvenile
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