The residents of Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center give heartfelt spoken word performances talking about their hopes, dreams, fears, longings and aspirations, in this inagural CCJTDC Louder Than a Bomb poetry slam.
Not all mentally ill children are violent but some of them are. And many of those kids wind up tangling with the law. Experts say it’s hard to keep them out of trouble once they’ve gotten into it.
