Lillian Risser, left, and Sophia Loveland, right, approach an encampment in Humboldt Park on Sept. 23 in Chicago. Risser and Loveland are outreach workers for Thresholds, a mental health care provider in Illinois that works to move people out of encampments into more permanent housing. Jamie Kelter Davis for NPR hide caption

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Kamala Harris speaks at a watch party after the presidential debate on Tuesday night. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Georgia officials charge 14-year-old alleged school shooter as an adult
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The Legal Rights Center in Minneapolis holds trainings to teach young people how to assert their rights in police custody. Jaida Grey Eagle for NPR hide caption
Should police be able to interrogate kids alone? A growing number of states say no
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A makeshift memorial for Michael Brown stands in the street on Sept. 11, 2015, in Ferguson, Mo. Brown's death prompted nationwide protests and a White House report on American policing. Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images hide caption
Ten years after Michael Brown's death, police killings are not going down
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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara speaks to the press after a multi-person shooting in the city on Feb. 27. O'Hara says the police department is staffed 40% below what it was in 2020. Alex Kormann/Star Tribune via Getty Images hide caption
Police departments are offering big raises. Does it work?
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GOP vows to make America safe again. Statistics contradict their growing crime claims
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Corey Comperatore poses in a photo from a GoFundMe page dedicated to his daughter Allyson in the aftermath of his death. The GoFundMe has raised more than $400,000 so far. Screenshot/GoFundMe hide caption
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Shiloh Jordan, right, who was among the people receiving a pardon for a misdemeanor marijuana conviction years ago, greets Maryland Gov. Wes Moore at a news conference in Annapolis, Md., on June 17 when Moore announced more than 175,000 pardons. Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown is center. Brian Witte/AP hide caption
Some say Maryland’s mass marijuana pardons don’t go far enough
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Previous issues of the Prison Mirror, which has been publishing since 1887, sit on display in the Minnesota Correctional Facility - Stillwater. Kerem Yücel/MPR News hide caption
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Jeffery Christian, right, speaks at a press conference in Chicago, on May 7. Christian and dozens of others claim they were sexually abused as children while incarcerated at Illinois juvenile detention centers, as part of a lawsuit recounting decades of allegations of systemic child abuse. Teresa Crawford/AP hide caption
Youth detention facilities face increased scrutiny amid a wave of abuse lawsuits
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Texas inmates are being 'cooked to death' in summer heat, lawsuit alleges
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An Atlanta police officer takes down tents on the campus of Emory University after a pro-Palestinian demonstration Thursday in Atlanta. Mike Stewart/AP hide caption
As pro-Palestinian protests spread, more university leaders weigh police involvement
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Kahlil Brown, 18, says teammate Deshaun Hill Jr., the student and quarterback who was shot and killed in 2022, was his best friend. Brown, shown posing for a portrait at the North Community High School football field in Minneapolis on April 9, will attend St. Olaf College in the fall. Caroline Yang for NPR hide caption