Episode 9: ‘You Just Sit There and Wait for the Next Day to Come’
Co-published with WNYC Studios. In many counties, pre-trial juvenile offenders are still put in solitary. In this episode, WNYC teams up with The Marshall Project to investigate …
Episode 8: ‘I Want Someone to Love Me Even for a Second’
Co-published with WNYC Studios. Policy experts even use the term "sexual abuse to prison pipeline," and they say it’s why incarcerating a young girl perpetuates more negative …
Episode 7: ‘It’s the Hardest Thing I’ve Ever Done’
Co-published with WNYC Studios. Desperate parents with means can turn to a whole network of private programs before their kids even get caught. For a young person named …
Episode 5: ‘The Teenage Brain Is Like a Sports Car’
Co-published with WNYC Studios. Stephen is one of thousands of so-called "juvenile lifers" who have an unexpected shot at freedom today. Up until 2005, most juveniles could …
Episode 4: ‘Oh My God, What Have I Done?’
Co-published with WNYC Studios. Honor has struggled for years with leukemia, homelessness and suicide attempts. Like many young people who struggle with mental illness, "the incident" pushed Honor …
Episode 3: ‘He Really Wants to Shoot Someone’
Co-published with WNYC Studios. At age 15, Z received his sentence in adult court. The reason why dates back 40 years, to a child named Willie Bosket. …
Episode 2: ‘They Look at Me Like a Menace’
Co-published with WNYC Studios. In our first episode, we met Z. Z is a kid who's had mental health challenges since he was small, and when he's gotten …
Episode 1: ‘I Just Want You to Come Home’
Co-published with WNYC Studios. What happens once we decide a child is a criminal? What does society owe those children, beyond punishment?