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Where Juvenile Detention Looks More Like Teens Hanging Out

Where Juvenile Detention Looks More Like Teens Hanging Out

From70 Million


Where Juvenile Detention Looks More Like Teens Hanging Out

From70 Million

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Length:
29 minutes
Released:
Sep 13, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

There’s a place in rural St. Johns, Arizona, where teens who have encounters with officers of the law can play pool, make music, and get mentored instead of going to jail. It’s called The Loft, and it’s the brainchild of a judge who wanted to save the county hundreds of millions of dollars and divert young people towards the support many were not getting at home. Reported by Ruxandra Guidi.Find a resource guide and annotated transcript at our website here. 
Released:
Sep 13, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (60)

This award-winning and Peabody-nominated podcast documents how locals are addressing the role of jails in their backyards. Reporters travel around the country and hear from people directly impacted by their encounter with jails and to chronicle the progress ground-up efforts have made in diversion, bail reform, recidivism, adoption of technology and other crucial aspects of the move toward decarceration at local levels.