"If a picture is worth a thousand words, eight Richmond teens have a lot to say. Eight incarcerated youth within Richmond’s juvenile justice system spent this summer with ART 180 putting their feelings about life — and their experiences within…

"CHICAGO -- A recent poll seems to imply that the general public does not understand, and maybe has never heard of, the school-to-prison pipeline.  It is a national trend in which children -- more often than not, minorities -- are…

"T. McClain is an exacting young man. He wears a pale yellow polo shirt buttoned to his Adam’s apple. In that habit he mirrors Marcus Tucker, who does the same with his gray polo shirt. In another context, they might be…

"HENRICO, VA (WWBT) -Henrico County is pushing to drastically cut the number of juveniles who end up behind bars.  On July 1, the police chief enacted a new policy that's aimed to immediately cut those numbers NBC12 asked Henrico Police…

"A new community collaboration is responding to Virginia’s high rates of sending youth to the juvenile justice system. Calling the trends a “crisis,” the project combines art, education and legal advocacy to push for reform." - Listen to the story…

"There has to be an alternative to sending kids to jail or juvenile detention centers," said Chief Alfred Durham. "I think in law enforcement today, with all that's going on across the country, we have to change from being warriors…

The Center for Public Integrity recently published a report that shows schools in Virginia refer students to law enforcement at a rate higher than any other state.