"They put me on adult probation at 13."
Blog, Juveniles, Transitioned, Youth Storiesrichard rossCounty Adult, drugs, gun, house arrest, jail, parole, time, weed, 2016
"I'm not allowed out."
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"I am always asking, 'Where is my dad?'"
Blog, Juveniles, Transitioned, Youth Storiesrichard rossfight, gang, JJA, probation, school, UA, visit, weed, 2016
"Mom does the best she can."
Blog, Juveniles, Transitioned, Youth Storiesrichard rossadult, domestic violence, DUI, gang, little, PO, probation, school, 2016
"I don't have a dad. He’s locked up."
Blog, Juveniles, Transitioned, Youth Storiesrichard rossdrugs, EM, girls, meth, school, sexual abuse, TB, 2016
"My mom is deceased. Drug overdose."
Blog, Juveniles, Transitioned, Youth Storiesrichard rossAWOL, baby, dependency, months, officers, staff, 2016
"I was jumped in when I was nine."
"My dad lives in Mexico. I’m not sure if my mom has papers."
Blog, Juveniles, Transitioned, Youth Storiesrichard rossAWOL, baby, DCFS, drug abuse, LP, probation, school, time, 2016
"I was angry and got in a fight..."
Blog, Juveniles, Transitioned, Youth Storiesrichard rossAM, fight, hands, little, LP, Mexico, mother, reading, 2016
"This is a complicated neighborhood."
Blog, Juveniles, Transitioned, Youth Storiesrichard rossbattery, college, gang, kids, little, LP, Michigan State, robbery, 2016
"I don’t know my mother. My dad lives in Mexico."
Blog, Juveniles, Transitioned, Youth Storiesrichard rossbaby, Easter Sunday, house arrest, LP, possession, school, security, time, 2016
"She told me today that she’s pregnant."
Blog, Juveniles, Transitioned, Youth Storiesrichard rossAWOL, drugs, GTA, meth, possession, probation, rehab, school, 2016
#FREEAMERICA
"I’m not allowed to see my biological mom, but I know her telephone number by heart."
Blog, Juveniles, Transitioned, Youth Storiesrichard rossdrugs, fight, girls, kids, meth, parole, school, unit, 2016
"She doesn’t have papers; she’s not a citizen."
"Then he raped me. My mom didn’t believe me. "
Blog, Juveniles, Transitioned, Youth Storiesrichard rossbaby, drugs, facility, kids, months, pregnant, prison, school, 2016
"They took me away from my Mom."
Joseph Ligon
Blog, Features, Juveniles, Transitionedrichard rosscommitted, Dodgers Brooklyn, justice, juvenile, Korean War, life, murder, Supreme Court, 2016
"I ran away because my boyfriend pressured me."
"I'm the only girl here."
Blog, Juveniles, Transitioned, Youth Storiesrichard rossadults, ARCH, CDC, college, committed, dependency, drug abuse, facility, 2016