Third in a three-part series on a teenager with a tumultuous childhood who was sent to die in prison and where his life would lead.

Cordell Miller was 49 and had spent 30 years locked up. Now he had to prove to a judge that he was far from his 17-year-old self.

First in a three-part series on a teenager with a tumultuous childhood sent to die in prison, and where his life would lead.

Ali Knight is the president and CEO of Fresh Lifelines for Youth, (FLY), a Bay Area nonprofit that works to prevent crime and incarceration among marginalized youth. Photo by Lance Yamamoto. Each morning, Ali Knight

Contra Costa County District Attorney Diana Becton is among a small group of district attorneys working to dial back decades of tough-on-crime approaches. Photo by Ashleigh Reddy. In 2017, three months after she became the

New research out of Stanford proposes a practice for better classroom relations between kids who have been jailed and their teachers.

Editor’s note: This is the first of two essays The Root is publishing in partnership with Caught, a new podcast from WNYC Studios about the juvenile-justice system. We hope to generate a conversation about how we can support rather than