Formerly incarcerated teens share their research and ideas on how to improve the juvenile justice system
- Written by: Shiv R. Desai, Associate professor of education, University of New Mexico
Youth in New Mexico used their own experiences with arrest and incarceration to advocate for others. Brian Vander Brug/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images“They treat us like animals.”
“I was called a menace to society by two judges.”
These are just two of the comments made by incarcerated teens during focus group interviews...
