Obviously this award-winning piece doesn't need my recommendation. But I encourage everyone to give it a listen. The reporting is phenomenal, the use of music sparse but effective. Parents, kids, officers, officials, everyone has their say in this moving account of mentally ill kids in prison. I would say that this is about as powerful as radio can be.

My only wish with this piece was that there would be some specific legislative or political solution advocated at the end. But I probably just say that because the material itself is so sad, one wants some kind of answer to hold onto.