Caught
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Caught
Mass incarceration starts young. These kids say the system changes them forever.
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13 episodes
Like 'Caught'? Try 'The Stakes'
From host Kai Wright and the team that brought you Caught, The Stakes is a new show about what's not working in our society, how we can do better and...
Introducing Charged
For as long as anyone can remember, criminal justice in America has meant one thing: punishment. In the last few years, however, that has begun to cha...
Bonus: Introducing Aftereffect
From WNYC Studios, a new podcast called Aftereffect we thought you might enjoy.
In the summer of 2016, a police shooting upended the life of Arn...
Episode 9: 'You Just Sit There and Wait for the Next Day to Come'
Rikers Island has ended the traditional use of solitary confinement for juveniles. New York State banned it more broadly, but only for juveniles that...
Episode 8: 'I Want Someone to Love Me Even for a Second'
Girls make up only a small fraction of the incarcerated juvenile population, but girls often land in detention because they have experienced some form...
Episode 7: 'It’s the Hardest Thing I’ve Ever Done'
The justice system isn’t the catch-all for every struggling kid. Desperate parents with means can turn to a whole network of private programs before t...
Episode 6: 'Please Lock Up My Kid'
Status offenses are acts only considered crimes if committed by young people – things like running away, not going to school, or missing curfew. They...
Episode 5: 'The Teenage Brain Is Like a Sports Car'
Stephen is one of thousands of so-called "juvenile lifers" who have an unexpected shot at freedom today. Up until 2005, most juveniles could be senten...
Episode 4: 'Oh My God, What Have I Done?'
Honor has struggled for years with leukemia, homelessness and suicide attempts. On the anniversary of his leukemia diagnosis, he reached a breaking po...
Episode 3: 'He Really Wants to Shoot Someone'
At age 15, Z received his sentence in adult court. The reason why dates back 40 years, to a child named Willie Bosket. His crimes changed everything f...
Episode 2: 'They Look at Me Like a Menace'
In our first episode, we met Z. He's locked up because he and a group of friends robbed someone with a gun. But now that he's inside, his biggest prob...
Episode 1: 'I Just Want You to Come Home'
Z had his first encounters with law enforcement when he was just 12 years old. Now, at 16, he’s sitting in detention on an armed robbery charge—his yo...
Coming Soon: Mass Incarceration Starts Young
The United States locks up more people than any country in the world. That starts young: Roughly a million kids a year get caught up in the criminal j...