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Study reveals deaths, burial sites of children

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At least 40 burial sites across the United States hold more than 1,000 graves of children who died in state custody and were buried by government officials, often in unmarked or unkempt plots, a new study has found -- suggesting the deadly toll of America's first youth prisons is more widespread than previously known.

First report: At least 1,000 ‘forgotten children’ who died in state custody are buried across U.S., study finds — washingtonpost.com, 4d