**ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY, DEC. 30**  A girl being held in detention works on a classroom project, as she sits near a wall covered with self-portraits made by others in detention, many portrayed wearing facility-issued orange jump suits, at a Pierce County Juvenile Court facility, Nov. 8 , 2007, in Tacoma, Wash. A steady, decade-long drop in teen offender recidivism rates in Pierce County is not the result of reforms implemented as in some other places, instead the county works towards keeping youth out of state institutions and to focus on communities. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
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