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House passes bills to fund indigent counsel for juveniles and set safer institutional practices

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Lawmakers approved two juvenile-justice measures: one to provide indigent counsel for court-adjudicated juveniles and another to require safe and humane institutional practices for children in custody. Both measures passed on recorded votes.

The Pennsylvania House approved two juvenile-justice bills aimed at strengthening legal representation for court-adjudicated juveniles and requiring safer institutional practices for children in custody.

House Bill 15 76, which the House described as providing indigent counsel for court-adjudicated juveniles, passed on a 106-97…

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