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Age 19, Ventura Youth Correctional Facility, Camarillo, California
Juvenile-In-Justice by Richard Ross “”Yeah, I’ve served 3 years, I have five years remaining.” ” Photography: Richard Ross View the entire project at www.juvenile-in-justice.com [Back to Juvenile-In-Justice on Bokeh]
Female inmate, Ventura Youth Correctional Facility, Camarillo, California
Juvenile-In-Justice by Richard Ross “I’ve served four years, and I have four years to go. This is a model of a cell that I made.” Photography: Richard Ross View the entire project at www.juvenile-in-justice.com [Back to Juvenile-In-Justice on Bokeh]
Female, age 20, Ventura Youth Correctional Facility, Camarillo, California
Juvenile-In-Justice by Richard Ross “”When I was 13, my boyfriend and I, we were really, really high burglarizing a house in the desert. The burglary was interrupted… the people came home and my boyfriend brutally murdered them both. I am 20 years old. I came to this room when I was 14 and I have […]
V, age 18, Ventura County Juvenile Justice Facility.
Juvenile-In-Justice by Richard Ross “I’m in for a parole violation, I’ve been at Ventura for three months. And I am getting out on Sunday. Can’t believe it.” Photography: Richard Ross View the entire project at www.juvenile-in-justice.com [Back to Juvenile-In-Justice on Bokeh]
Ventura County Juvenile Justice Facility, Ventura, CA
Juvenile-In-Justice by Richard Ross Ventura County Juvenile Justice Facility’s post-adjudication pod, for sentenced, committed, male juveniles. The pod is set up dorm-style, and houses 15 boys, with some singles and some group rooms.They have all been there varying amounts of time, ranging from one week to seven months. Photography: Richard Ross View the […]
L, age 17, Ventura County Juvenile Justice Facility, Ventura, California
Juvenile-In-Justice by Richard Ross “I’ve been here 13 times. This time I’ve been in for 5 days for disturbing the peace, and providing false information to an officer. Basically I just read in here. All the time. I am reading Jodi Picoult, Harry Potter, and the last book in the Twilight series.” Photography: […]
M and A, Ventura County Juvenile Justice Facility, Ventura, California
Juvenile-In-Justice by Richard Ross “Ventura County Juvenile Justice Facility – Boys Pre-Adjudication Detention pod. M, left, age 17, has been here seven months for Grand Theft Auto. A, at right, age 15, has been in for 6 days for drinking and said that he had been at the facility 6 or 7 times before.” […]
M.C, age 16, Juvenile Detention Center, Houston, Texas
“I’ve been here two and a half months, before I was in Gulf Coast Training for burglary of a habitation– it was my first felony, my first offense.”
P.P, age 17, Burnett-Bayland Reception Center, Houston, Texas
“I am going to be 18 in two weeks, I’ve been here for a year and a month for criminal trespassing as well as sex offenses.”
T.B, age 16, Burnaby Youth Custody Services Center, British Columbia, Canada
“I’ve been coming to Burnaby since I was 13… for assault. Here, I’m in the 11th grade and I get straight As and Bs. This time I’ve been here for twelve months.”