Prisoners Like Me Have a Responsibility to Mentor At-Risk Kids
In prison, I’ve done work to come to terms with the pain I’ve both felt and caused. Hopefully, my story—and others like it—can deter younger children from making the same mistakes.
Youth incarceration
Dyego M. Foddrell
Young People Say They’re Beaten and Maced at Adult Louisiana Jail
Louisiana moved detained children from the infamous Angola prison to an adult lockup in Jackson Parish. They say the abuse has continued.
LA’s Wildfires Threaten Almost 40 Prisons and Jails. Here’s How They’re Responding.
The Appeal contacted 38 facilities to ask how they’re preparing for air quality issues and possible evacuations and power outages. Thousands of people—including hundreds of children—sit in potentially impacted facilities.
Medical Staff at Notorious Atlanta Jail Let Autistic Teen Waste Away and Die, Lawsuit Says
At 15, Shane Kendall, an autistic child with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and intellectual impairment, allegedly fatally shot his mother. Despite Kendall’s disabilities, prosecutors charged him, as an adult, with murder. Before he turned 19, he died at the Fulton County Jail.