We examine youth incarceration in Louisiana, speak with acclaimed lawyer and justice advocate Bryan Stevenson of Equal Justice Initiative about the need for a change in thinking about punishment, and take an animated journey with a mother visiting her son behind bars.
01:28 - Youth Incarceration in Louisiana
10:11 - Interview with Bryan Stevenson
18:15 - I Wonder if They Know My Son Is Loved
This episode originally ran on Feb. 2, 2023. In September 2023, a judge ordered Louisiana to remove children from Angola. Though an appeals court granted a temporary stay on the order, Louisiana moved the youth out.
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