/tags/tamar-birckhead Tamar Birckhead en-US Copyright Tue, 29 Sep 2015 16:01:35 GMT /politics/2015-09-29/finding-solutions-for-mass-incarceration Although the United States makes up just five percent of the global population, America holds 25 percent of the world's prison population. Five decades… Tue, 29 Sep 2015 16:01:35 GMT /politics/2015-09-29/finding-solutions-for-mass-incarceration Andrew Tie /show/the-state-of-things/2015-09-29/finding-solutions-for-mass-incarceration Although the United States makes up just five percent of the global population, America holds 25 percent of the world's prison population. Five decades… Tue, 29 Sep 2015 16:01:35 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2015-09-29/finding-solutions-for-mass-incarceration Frank Stasio /the-state-of-things/2012-03-14/juvenile-justice North Carolina is one of only two states where 16-year-old criminal suspects are automatically tried as adults. Proponents of raising the age to 18 have… Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:21:00 GMT /the-state-of-things/2012-03-14/juvenile-justice Alex Granados, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2012-03-14/juvenile-justice North Carolina is one of only two states where 16-year-old criminal suspects are automatically tried as adults. Proponents of raising the age to 18 have… Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:21:00 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2012-03-14/juvenile-justice Alex Granados, Frank Stasio