Eight Forty-Eight 12.29.10

Eight Forty-Eight 12.29.10
A view of the confinement unit from outside the perimeter of the Joliet maximum security youth prison. WBEZ/Carlos Javier Ortiz
Eight Forty-Eight 12.29.10
A view of the confinement unit from outside the perimeter of the Joliet maximum security youth prison. WBEZ/Carlos Javier Ortiz

Eight Forty-Eight 12.29.10

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In 2010, “Eight Forty-Eight” introduced kids struggling to stay out of the juvenile justice system and then went inside the jails to learn what life was like for the incarcerated. It’s time to revisit the stories and issues revealed in the investigative series, Inside and Out.