This piece is a good display of the emotions kids go through while they're locked up in a dentention center. It really speaks to you when you realize how many of american youths are locked up. The producer portrays a feeling of guilt in these kids because they feel like they have ruined their lives and have deeply hurt their families. The producer shows how little the justice system cares when public defenders would rather send the kids to jail then fight for their right to freedom.

From start to finish...this piece gripped me. From the initial description of the detention center to the first hand accounts of the detained...it gave me, the father of two teens, chills.

Before listening I suspected it would paint a sympathetic picture of the convicted but it was as honest and objective as it was real and gritty.

Good use of music and good story telling by the narrator.