Like 'Caught'? Try 'The Stakes'
From host Kai Wright and the team that brought you Caught, The Stakes is a new show about what's not working in our society, how we can do better and why we have to. In this episode, hear from Kristin...
5 Juni 201926min
Introducing Charged
For as long as anyone can remember, criminal justice in America has meant one thing: punishment. In the last few years, however, that has begun to change. In a six-part narrative miniseries called Cha...
8 Maj 201927min
Bonus: Introducing Aftereffect
From WNYC Studios, a new podcast called Aftereffect we thought you might enjoy. In the summer of 2016, a police shooting upended the life of Arnaldo Rios Soto, a 26-year old, non-speaking, autistic ma...
29 Juni 201837min
Episode 9: 'You Just Sit There and Wait for the Next Day to Come'
Rikers Island has ended the traditional use of solitary confinement for juveniles. New York State banned it more broadly, but only for juveniles that have already been sentenced. In many counties, pre...
28 Mars 201839min
Episode 8: 'I Want Someone to Love Me Even for a Second'
Girls make up only a small fraction of the incarcerated juvenile population, but girls often land in detention because they have experienced some form of trauma: abusive families, bad experiences in t...
27 Mars 201832min
Episode 7: 'It’s the Hardest Thing I’ve Ever Done'
The justice system isn’t the catch-all for every struggling kid. Desperate parents with means can turn to a whole network of private programs before their kids even get caught. The state of Utah house...
26 Mars 201831min
Episode 6: 'Please Lock Up My Kid'
Status offenses are acts only considered crimes if committed by young people – things like running away, not going to school, or missing curfew. They are designed to keep at risk youth safe, but in pr...
23 Mars 201838min
Episode 5: 'The Teenage Brain Is Like a Sports Car'
Stephen is one of thousands of so-called "juvenile lifers" who have an unexpected shot at freedom today. Up until 2005, most juveniles could be sentenced just as harshly as adults: that meant life wit...
21 Mars 201833min
