“My mom and I have forgiven each other” (audio interview)


Posted on January 23rd, by Richard Ross in Blog, Juveniles. 4 comments

Continuing our series on Oak Creek Youth Correctional Facility…

 

D.T, age 19, at Oak Creek Youth Correctional Facility in Albany, Oregon. Photograph by Richard Ross for Juvenile-in-Justice.

D.T, age 19, at Oak Creek Youth Correctional Facility in Albany, Oregon. Photograph by Richard Ross for Juvenile-in-Justice.

 
Listen to the audio interview below, or at SoundCloud HERE.

 

 

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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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