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Coronavirus
May 12, 2020
Solitary, Brawls, No Teachers: Coronavirus Makes Juvenile Jails Look Like Adult Prisons
Youth lockups are supposed to rehabilitate kids, not punish them. The pandemic is making that harder than ever.
By
Eli Hager
Coronavirus
March 23, 2020
“I Want to See my Child.” Juvenile Lockups Cut Visits Over COVID-19 Fears
Families fret about isolated youth behind bars.
By
Eli Hager
Coronavirus
March 17, 2020
As COVID-19 Measures Grow, Prison Oversight Falls
“We now have no idea what’s going on inside.”
By
Keri Blakinger
News
July 17, 2018
A View of Tomorrow
With virtual reality, juvenile lifers practice for a world they may experience.
By
Nicole Lewis
Life Inside
March 29, 2018
When You’re 16 and It’s Your First Time in Solitary
“I felt like I aged 10 years just by doing 20 days in there.”
By
Jordan
as told to
Taylor Elizabeth Eldridge
News
March 28, 2018
Rikers Doesn't Put Teens in Solitary. Other New York Jails Do.
Even after the high-profile death of Kalief Browder, jails in the rest of the state routinely isolate juveniles.
By
Taylor Elizabeth Eldridge
News
January 7, 2018
The Check is in The Mail (For Real)
A California county will issue refunds to parents wrongly billed for their kids’ incarceration.
By
Eli Hager
Life Inside
December 7, 2017
When Your 18th Birthday Gift Is a Transfer to Adult Prison
A “baby-faced kid” comes of age while incarcerated.
By
Anonymous
News
October 11, 2017
California Ends Practice of Billing Parents for Kids in Detention
The change comes months after a Marshall Project investigation.
By
Eli Hager
Life Inside
August 3, 2017
Going Back to Prison Never Gets Easy
A Yale Law School graduate speaks to young incarcerated people and faces his own past.
By
Reginald Dwayne Betts