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Introducing Harris County Youth Village
Harris County Youth Village, a non-secure facility on a lake. The boys are in dorms; the girls are in suites. There are 90 boys and girls in treatment and hey all get vocational education at Santo...
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“I was the valedictorian of my class.”
I graduated from high school in Louisiana, I was the valedictorian of my class. Then my mom and I were in a shelter, so I ran away. That was nine months ago. My mom was on drugs and drinking heavily....
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Juvenile-in-Justice on ProPublica’s list of the Best Investigative Reporting...
In, “Land of the Free: The Best Investigative Reporting on U.S Prisons” a piece by Cora Currier on ProPublica, Juvenile in Justice was included for the feature story which ran on Wired.com in April...
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Harris County Youth Village, part two
Last week we introduced you to Harris County Youth Village, with an image of cots and lockers in a stark, utilitarian room. Would you have guessed that the images above are from the same facility?
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M.B, age 17, gets all As
I’ve been here 4 months. I’ve been to the juvenile detention center five times. The first time was theft, the second, shoplifting, the third, possession of controlled substances, the fourth, violation...
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16, Muslim, at Harris County Youth Village, TX
I am Muslim. I read the Koran but I don’t pray five times a day and I don’t eat Kosher food. I live with my mom and three sisters. I’m not really supposed to be here. They say I’m a runaway but my mom...
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SUMMER IN SO-CAL
The above images are from the Ventura County Juvenile Justice Facility, a big compound off the 101 freeway. For the rest of this month, we are going to focus on juvenile facilities close to home for...
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Six Days and Seven Months
Ventura County Juvenile Justice Facility – Boys Pre-Adjudication Detention pod. I’ve been here for… seven months, for Grand Theft Auto. - M, left, age 17 This time? I’ve been in for six days. For...
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Summer plans: a lot of reading…
I’ve been to this facility 13 times… this time I’ve been here for five days. For disturbing the peace, and providing false information to an officer. Yeah… I read a lot in here. Right now I’m reading...
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BBall
Two basketball courts at Ventura County Juvenile Justice Facility in Ventura, California.
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Video game day
Ventura County Juvenile Justice Facility’s post-adjudication pod, for sentenced, committed, male juveniles. The pod is set up dorm-style, and houses 15 boys, with some singles and some group...
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Getting out on Sunday
I’m in for a parole violation, I’ve been at Ventura for three months. And I am getting out on Sunday. Can’t believe it. - V, age 18, Ventura County Juvenile Justice Facility. A group cell in the boys...
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Ventura Youth Correctional Facility
Ventura Youth Correctional Facility, Camarillo, California The Ventura Youth Correctional Facility, in Camarillo in Ventura County holds a population of committed youths from all over the state. VYCF...
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I am a different person at 20 than the drugged child I was at 13.
When I was 13, my boyfriend and I, we were really, really high burglarizing a house in the desert. The burglary was interrupted… the people came home and my boyfriend brutally murdered them both. I am...
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Four years served, four remaining
This young female inmate at Ventura Youth Correctional Facility had served four years at the time of visit and had four years remaining. She is holding a model of a cell that she constructed.
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Age 19, 3 years served, five remaining.
Ventura Youth Correctional Facility, Camarillo, California
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Juvenile In Justice on Ella Baker Center Blog
Richard Ross is interviewed by the Ella’s Voice Blog on the Ella Baker Center website this morning. You can read the entire interview here: http://ellabakercenter.org/blog/2012/07/juvenile-in-justice
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Walking the Tightrope
I’ve been in the system since I was 11. I have another three or four months to go this time– I’ve already been here ten months. It’s always for fighting or disobeying authority. I’m originally from...
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Shuffleboard
Recreation in retirement homes, cruise lines, and…juvenile detention? Cook County Juvenile Detention Center in Chicago, Illinois is the largest juvenile detention facility in the country, with a...
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Vertical Stripes in Colorado
Young men play a flag football game, self-refereed, during their recreation time in the Orientation Training Phase of Pueblo, Colorado’s Youth Offender System. The Orientation Training Phase (OTP) of...
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