Juvenile Justice Information Exchange (https://jjie.org/series/models-for-change-conference-2013/)
Exclusive interviews with some of the biggest names in juvenile justice reform, taken at the 2013 MacArthur Models for Change Conference.
Sitting in on a creative writing course led by Inside Out Writers, Scott Budnick, the producer behind the Hangover movies, decided to spend the rest of his life working towards juvenile justice reform.
After losing his brother to gang violence, during his incarceration William Lopez began to turn his life around through education.
"The goal should be not to punish the kid but to make sure the kid is back in school, staying in school and doing what they need to do to graduate."
An interview with Adam Foss, a juvenile prosecutor with the Suffolk county district attorney’s office in Boston.
JIE spoke with James Anderson Dec. 16, 2013 at the eighth annual Models for Change National Working Conference.