"I'm not allowed out."
Blog, Juveniles, Transitioned, Youth Storiesrichard rosscell, detention, months, segregation, staff, visit, 2016
"I am always asking, 'Where is my dad?'"
Blog, Juveniles, Transitioned, Youth Storiesrichard rossfight, gang, JJA, probation, school, UA, visit, weed, 2016
"My dad died when I was 13—mom died when I was 6."
"I've been coming here since I was ten or eleven."
Blog, Juveniles, Transitioned, Youth Storiesrichard rossdetention, father, mother, probation, school, visit, 2016
"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
"It’s more than I’ve been alive."
Blog, Juveniles, Transitioned, Youth Storiesrichard rossADHD, college, DOC, drugs, months, school, time, visit, 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
"I couldn’t stay in the house."
Blog, Juveniles, Transitioned, Youth Storiesrichard rossboy, dependency, jail, robbery, visit, youth, Youth Stories, 2015
"I didn’t want to run all my life . . ."
Blog, Juveniles, More New, Transitioned, Youth Storiesrichard rossAWOL, Centinela Hospital, life, RN, school, visit
"In my country people play like that."
Blog, Features, Juveniles, Transitionedrichard rossdetention, gang, jail, months, time, US, visit, youth
"They tried to get me involved . . ."
Blog, Features, Juveniles, Transitionedrichard rossdrugs, gang, kids, months, possession, shelter, time, visit
[Family-in-Justice] A Mother Speaks
Blog, Family-in-Justice, Features, Transitionedrichard rossCalifornia Youth Authority, committed, crime, El Puente, gang, justice, juvenile, Juvenile Hall, Less Culpable, life, Longer Sentences, New York, New York Times, Richard Ross, Santa Maria, Santa Maria Juvenile Hall, single, visit, Youth Authority
