A selection of The Imprint’s most impactful stories from the past year
This summer, the gates closed for a final time at the remaining state-run youth prisons in California, once a notoriously dangerous network of facilities housing more than 10,000 teens and young adults.In her series “The Darkest Part of the Tunnel,” Nell Bernstein reports on how California’s youth prisons got shut down, and what comes next as county juvenile justice systems take over.
The stories include a look at the parent activists who got it all started, the lawyer who responded to pleas for help from inside the walls, and the present-day concerns about how prepared California’s counties are to take on more responsibility for juvenile justice.
