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Amanda Hernández

Amanda Hernández

Amanda Hernández covers criminal justice for Stateline. She has reported for both national and local outlets, including ABC News, USA Today and NBC4 Washington.

Cities are embracing teen curfews, though they might not curb crime

By: - August 28, 2023

Sea Isle City, New Jersey, is among the more than dozen cities and counties have reinstated or enforced juvenile curfews this year.

Stifling prison heat used to be just a Southern problem. Not anymore.

By: - August 14, 2023

Some advocates have argued that hot conditions in prisons constitute “cruel and unusual punishment” prohibited by the Eighth Amendment.