Posted on Nov. 20 at 5:15 p.m. ET
An updated report about the study and the author's error has been posted here.
Posted on Nov. 19 at 6:53 p.m. ET
We have withdrawn this story about U.S. incarceration rates of children because the U.N. study's author has acknowledged a significant error in the data. We will post a revised article with more complete information as soon as possible.
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