Nell Bernstein

Inocencio died in July after three decades of publishing writing and art from inside California juvenile halls and beyond.

California’s youth prisons have closed their steel doors for good, marking the end of what was once the nation’s largest youth prison system. 

Attorneys who helped usher the historic closure of California's youth prisons worry that kids will now be sent to even-worse local facilities.

How a stack of letters from incarcerated kids spurred a decades-long fight to reform and ultimately abolish California's youth prison system.

For years, a tireless group of parents trekked to the California state Capitol. Their goal: to shut down the California Youth Authority.

Project Change offers college classes inside San Mateo County’s juvenile hall, as California expands similar opportunities statewide.

Officials in Santa Clara County say girls brought into court can be better managed outside of lockup settings like camps and juvenile halls.

Four young men incarcerated in a Washington state youth prison are working to ensure future generations don't face decades-long sentences.

As California's youth prisons close, each of the state's counties have submitted plans to house and rehabilitate youth closer to home.

California's plan to close youth prisons includes investments in local juvenile halls, which critics say aren't rehabilitative or preventative.