Youth in prison
Subtitle: we the people of Unit Four
By: M.A. Bortner and Linda M. Williams.
Contributors: Williams, Linda M., 1945-
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
Subjects: Juvenile corrections -- Government policy -- United States; Juvenile delinquents -- United States -- Public opinion; Juvenile justice, Administration of -- United States; Public opinion -- United States
Description: Youth in Prison tells the story of youths in a "model" juvenile prison program - a program created after a class action lawsuit for inhumane and illegal practices. It captures the lives of these youths inside and outside of prison, from drugs, gangs, and criminal behavior to the realities of families, schools, and neighborhoods. Youth in Prison is a book about all of us: those kept, those charged with their keeping, and the society that demands and condones this imprisonment.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-229) and index.