"I am very happy with my life now."
Blog, Features, Guest Post, The Good News, Transitionedrichard rossfather, girls, life, months, murder, school, suicide, Ventura Youth Correctional Facility, 2015
Tribal Justice
Blog, Features, Juveniles, Transitionedrichard rossCalifornia, Crescent City, justice, kids, life, Margaret Keating School, time, tribal, 2015
"I always stuck with school. I always had good grades."
Blog, Juveniles, Transitioned, Youth Storiesrichard rosscutting, detention, house arrest, life, mother, probation, school, visit, 2015
"She was incarcerated when I was born—so was my dad."
Blog, Juveniles, Transitioned, Youth Storiesrichard rossaggravated robbery, cutting, drugs, jail, months, mother, PV, time, 2015
"I’ve been here four months. I’ve been in this room four months."
Blog, Juveniles, Transitioned, Youth Storiesrichard rossabuse, books, girl, months, school, sentence, staff, time, 2015
"My mom and dad used to fight..."
Blog, Juveniles, Transitioned, Youth Storiesrichard rossafrican american, DOC, drugs, fight, IBRU, kids, little, robbery, 2015
"A fire happened in my house. They blamed it on me. "
Blog, Juveniles, Transitioned, Youth Storiesrichard rossalcohol, child, drugs, games, months, mother, Rikers, young, 2015
"My stomach was telling me one thing, but my mind was telling me another."
Blog, Juveniles, Transitioned, Youth Storiesrichard rossarticles, BLOG, boys, drugs, father, kids, little, mother, time, youth, Youth Stories, 2015
"It’s easy to get in the system, but hard to get out of it."
Blog, Juveniles, Transitioned, Youth Storiesrichard rossAA, education, kids, months, mother, staff, treatment, weed, 2015
Alabama: A Different Approach
Blog, Features, Transitionedrichard rossdetention, facilities, facility, female, juvenile, kids, Richard Ross, staff, 2015
"I was on the run for a month..."
Blog, Juveniles, Transitioned, Youth Storiesrichard rossadult, criminal, gang, house arrest, kids, months, robbery, school, 2015
"…if I ever get on track."
Blog, Family-in-Justice, Juveniles, Transitioned, Youth Storiesrichard rossalcohol, AM, father, house arrest, little, Post Office, probation, sexual abuse, 2015
"My dead friends are written here."
Blog, Juveniles, Transitioned, Youth Storiesrichard rossaggravated robbery, bullies, father, guns, GV, kids, ODYS, school, 2015
"She had me when she was 16."
Blog, Juveniles, Transitioned, Youth Storiesrichard rossECOT, gang, Lake Shore, little, MOSTLY, mother, robbery, school, 2015
"It’s more than I’ve been alive."
Blog, Juveniles, Transitioned, Youth Storiesrichard rossADHD, college, DOC, drugs, months, school, time, visit, 2015
"You gotta stay humble."
Blog, Juveniles, Transitioned, Youth Storiesrichard rossDOC, Isolation Behavior, life, little, OK, Open Pop, prison, small, 2015
"You know what a hitman is right?"
Blog, Juveniles, Transitioned, Youth Storiesrichard rosscollege, fight, gang, IBRU, kids, months, probation, school, 2015
"I’ll be here ‘till I’m ready to leave."
Blog, Juveniles, Transitioned, Youth Storiesrichard rossfather, gun, hands, kids, months, Oak Ridge, possession, visit, 2015
"We were too scarred."
Blog, Juveniles, Transitioned, Youth Storiesrichard rossbaby, Getting Light, kids, mental health, mother, prison, report, time, 2015
"There was a lot of violence."
Blog, Juveniles, Transitioned, Youth Storiesrichard rossabuse, ACS, Chicken Alfredo, drama, mental health, mother, treatment, Washington Heights, 2015
