Hard times
Subtitle: teens in maximum security prisons
By: ABC News ; 20/20
Contributors: Donaldson, Sam, 1934-; Sawyer, Diane, 1945-; Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm); ABC News
Publisher: Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Princeton, NJ
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] :
Number of pages: 24
Subjects: Juvenile delinquents; Juvenile delinquency; Administration of Juvenile justice; North Carolina; Western Youth Institution (Morganton, N.C.)
Other titles: Hard time; Teens in maximum security prisons; 20/20 (Television program)
Description: Shows prison life at the Western Youth Institution in Morganton, North Carolina, a prison for juvenile offenders.  ABC News Anchor Diane Sawyer reports through the experiences of four new teenage inmates--one only 13 years old.  A follow-up two years later reveals the impact of their incarceration on their minds and bodies best summed up by the words of one of the four: "This is not the place to be."--Container.
Notes: Producer, Robbie Gordon.

Hosts: Sam Donaldson and Diane Sawyer.