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Juveniles in the Justice System

TheGuardian
Surveillance video of a prison guard shoving Kalief Browder's head onto the floor at Rikers Island. Kalief had said abusive and aggressive prison guards at Rikers were commonplace.

In the wake of KaliefBrowder's  and subsequent suicide, the treatment of juveniles in the justice system is under a critical eye. We look into the disparities in arrests by police, the aspect of "detention" or being detained before trial, and the treatment of juveniles in jails and prisons.

Guests:

  • Caitlin McNally, writer and director of the FRONTLINE documentary,
  • Erin Davies, executive director of the  
  • Mishi Faruqee, Juvenile Justice Policy Strategist,

This show originally aired on  June 10, 2015 at 10 a.m.

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