Pepper Sprayed In Youth Jail
It’s rare for guards to use pepper spray to control youth held inside most juvenile halls across the country. Youth Radio investigates practices in juvenile hall in Alameda County, California.
Juvenile Justice
Your source for youth perspectives on juvenile justice issues and trends.
For Juvenile Offenders, Supreme Court Ruling Opens Door To Parole
Originally aired on NPR’s All Things Considered on February 15, 2016 In 2012, The United States Supreme Court ruled that…
Parents Behind Bars
I remember as a little girl cruising around the streets of San Francisco in my dad’s bright red ’68 Impala,…
Laquan McDonald’s Death Centers Chicago’s History of Police Violence and Corruption
By Malik Alim with contextual reporting by Todd St.Hill, BYP100 (Chicago) I was having a party at my apartment on the south…
Generation Lockdown: Growing Up In The Shadow of Gun Violence
Gun violence is in the national spotlight again in the wake of a mass shooting in San Bernardino, California yesterday. While mass shootings make up most of the headlines, Youth Radio’s Nila Venkat looks at the many other gun incidents fly under the national radar.
Teens And Guns In America
Explore Youth Radio’s special coverage of the impact of guns on the lives of teens.
Racial Standoff: Chicago Failed Laquan McDonald
By: Lawrence Wilks-Roger for The Youth Project I am a young black man from the Southeast Side of Chicago,…
From My Victims’ Standpoint
Michael Webb is serving 25 years to life in California’s San Quentin prison for first-degree murder, robbery and assault with a deadly weapon. He was 17 years-old when he committed the crime and started serving his time at 19.
In this essay, Webb reflects on his act. Putting himself in the shoes of his victims’ wife, Webb imagines what it would be like for her to meet him face-to-face for the first time.
Forgive
By: M M. is a 17-year-old ward of the court in Los Angeles’ Central Juvenile Hall. How can I forgive…