“I’m pregnant, overdue and I owe the country jail 108 days for running away.”
I owe County Jail 108 days for running away. Yup, I’m pregnant. I plan on naming my baby Addison. I decided to get pregnant with my boyfriend of seven years…. but he took off.
I’m from Littleton, Colorado. Been here over a month. I came from Daybreak. I got Community Placement but paroled out and ran away. I’ve been back and forth from parole violations to placements to County jail. My mother is head of Westwood College (a vocational school). She is really disappointed about my getting pregnant. I go to school to my Mom’s school so I get free tuition. My Mom and Dad will take care of the baby. The baby was due a week ago. I’m pretty nervous about the delivery. I found out the law about no shackles in the hospital, so I am happy that I won’t have to be handcuffed or in chains when I am trying to deliver. I’m here because I wrote a bad check on my father’s account and the bank pressed charges. I was 13. Then I made a lot of bad decisions, ultimately resulting in parole violations, jail time, etc. Now I’ve been sober for two years. I did drugs– Molly, (Like ECSTACY), Acid, Shrooms… I needed NA services. Both of my parents visit me here.
–A.S. Age 19, Betty K. Marler Youth Child Care Center, Denver, Colorado.
Betty K. Marler Youth Child Care Center in Denver, Colorado is on the grounds of Mountain View (Along with the Mountain View facility). BKM is a state-owned building run by Rite of Passage. The facility houses 41 girls and is always full. BKM is highly specialized and serves high risk, high need, high crime risk girls between the ages of 15-20.
Richard Ross
Richard Ross is the Executive Director of www.juvenile-in-justice.com and Juvenile-in-Justice. He is the principal photographer for the Juvenile-in-Justice project and travels frequently throughout the country to photograph and interview incarcerated children. Ross lectures frequently and has spoken at the Vera Institute of Justice, the 7th Annual Models for Change Conference, JDAI conferences, The Justice for Youth Summit, and many more. He is the author of Juvenile-in-Justice the book which received the American Library Association's 2013 Alex Award. He has been the recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship, grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, Fulbright, and the Center for Cultural Innovation. Ross has taught at the University of California, Santa Barbara since 1977.
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