Tag: Jodi Picoult


Summer plans: a lot of reading…

Posted by Richard Ross in Architecture, Blog, Juveniles. No Comments

12th July

I’ve been to this facility 13 times… this time I’ve been here for five days. For disturbing the peace, and providing false information to an officer. Yeah… I read a lot in here. Right now I’m reading a book by Jodi Picoult, and Harry Potter, and the last book in the Twilight series.

- L, age 17, Ventura County Juvenile Justice Facility – cell in girls post-adjudication commitment pod, for girls that have been sentenced.




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