How Kids Ended Up in Angola Prison, and More on Juvenile Detention | Inside Story

We examine youth incarceration in Louisiana, speak with acclaimed lawyer and justice advocate Bryan Stevenson of Equal Justice Initiative about the need for a change in thinking about punishment, and take an animated journey with a mother visiting her son behind bars.

Inside Story is a first-of-its-kind series created to engage with and bring information to one of America’s largest news deserts — its prisons and jails. The series from The Marshall Project was developed by formerly incarcerated people, including host Lawrence Bartley and director Donald Washington, Jr.