Mass incarceration starts young. These kids say the system changes them forever.

Mass incarceration starts young. These kids say the system changes them forever.

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 justice system. In Caught, a new podcast from WNYC, we'll listen as some of those young people tell their stories over nine episodes. They'll help us understand how we got here--and how we might help, rather than just punish troubled youth. Welcome to Caught: The Lives of Juvenile Justice.

LISTEN TO THE PODCAST on wnycstudios.org

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