Contributor Dwayne Betts with his poem, "Elegy Ending with a Cell Door Closing."

Imani was "in the box" for 32 days. "It made me feel like nothing," she says in Episode 9. "Like an animal."

Imani talks about the lasting impacts of being locked up in solitary confinement in this video made in partnership with The Root.

A conversation about how we show up for young people before they get caught in the system.

It’s time to think about justice as a path for healing, rather than a weapon for punishment.

Actress Aisha Hinds explains how teenagers see the world a little bit differently than adults, and what that means for our justice system.

Peek inside the juvenile justice facility in Ozone Park where Z spent 6 months incarcerated.

In this video, Sarah Gonzalez explains her reporting on kids in prison, from New Jersey to Germany.

Photographer Richard Ross spent over 10 years interviewing young people and documenting life in the system. Here is his photo essay on juvenile justice.