The move would reshape congressional representation, federal funding, and the very definition of who counts in the US.

After being sentenced to 10 years in prison at the age of 18, Jordy Ojedis has become an advocate for the rights of children in the prison system. This past legislative session, he had been lobbying for a bill that would have raised the age of arrest in Connecticut from 10 to 14 by 2028. That language was removed April 10 from Senate Bill 1542, but the measure will still limit police from using handcuffs when arresting youths under 14. The revised bill was approved by the Senate and the House in June and was signed by Governor Ned Lamont earlier this month.  Ojedis, a justice advisor for the Connecticut Justice Alliance who spent eight years in prison for assault and robbery, said imprisonment has a huge effect on children.  “The brain is not fully developed until age 25, so these young kids are just out here misinfluenced,” Ojedis, 31, said. [...]