Children of the State Stories of Survival and Hope in the Juvenile Justice System [Audiobook]

From the bestselling and critically acclaimed author comes a timely, insightful, and groundbreaking look at the school-to-prison pipeline and life in the juvenile "justice" system. There has been very little written about juvenile detention and the path to justice. For many kids, a mistake made at age thirteen or fourteen-often resulting from external factors coupled with a biologically immature brain-can resonate through the rest of their lives, making high school difficult, college nearly impossible, and a middle-class life a mere fantasy. Here, in Children of the State, Jeff Hobbs challenges any preconceived perceptions about how the juvenile justice system works-and demonstrates in brilliant, piercing prose: No one so young should ever be considered irredeemable.