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What does juvie mean?

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Noun
  1. (colloquial) A youth detention centre.
  2. (colloquial) A minor.
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Juvenile systems would only allow these kids to have possibly one or two years behind juvie bars and then out on the street.
It was said that the oldest boy, Steven, was in jail, and that the three younger boys had all seen the inside of the juvie hall.
My son Jack Junior gets out of juvie after being there for five freakin' years!
She'd been to juvie, was living on her own by 16, had been banned from some of the clubs, and partied with the rock stars that rolled through town.
He progresses from juvie to prison, and from prison to full-fledged gangster.
At the very least, your court record from juvie could register you as a criminal for life, in the eyes of educators and employers.

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