The United States has a separate youth justice system, but people under 18 can be tried in adult courts and held in adult jails and prisons for certain crimes. The system exists because the parts of the brain that control emotions and actions finish developing in the mid-20s, and most young offenders grow out of crime. The Supreme Court has barred the death penalty for under-18s, and in 2012 it ruled that mandatory life without parole for them was unconstitutional. At the end of 2025 nearly 32,000 youth were confined, about 8 percent of them in adult jails and prisons, and 28 states plus Washington, D.C. send some youth to adult courts automatically.

Hampi is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Karnataka, India, with more than 1,600 surviving remains spread over 4,100 hectares. It was the capital of the Vijayanagara Empire from 1336 to 1565. Travellers from Persia and Portugal described it as a prosperous, wealthy and grand city with temples, markets and farms along the Tungabhadra River. By 1500 it was estimated to be the world's second-largest city after Beijing, and probably India's richest at the time. In 1565 a coalition of Muslim sultanates defeated the Vijayanagara Empire, its capital was conquered and destroyed, and the city was left in ruins. Hampi remains a religious centre, with the active Virupaksha Temple at its heart.