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Caption: Pendleton Juvenile Correctional Facility, Pendleton, IN, Credit: Andy Yang and Priya Mirmira, Y-Press
Priya Mirmira, age 15, spoke with 18-year-old inmates who were serving time for gun charges. She learned about their attitudes toward guns, how the...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2012
  • Length: 03:38
Caption: Pendleton Juvenile Correctional Facility, Pendleton, IN, Credit: Andy Yang and Priya Mirmira
In a 2009 survey by the CDC, nearly 1500 Indiana high school students said they had carried a gun for at least one day during the previous 30 days....

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 15, 2012
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 1
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In the last decade in Indiana, about 130 murders were committed by teens, and 79 percent of those involved a firearm. After a Y-Presser lost her co...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 15, 2012
  • Length: 03:37
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Downtown Watsonville in Santa Cruz County, a place known for innovations in juvenile justice, Credit: Rina Palta
California’s attorney general says the state has a correctional crisis. KAMALA HARRIS: We have a prison system right now that is accommodating twi...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2011
  • Length: 10:44
Caption: Measure Y is a Violence Prevention initiative designed to provide easily accessible services to Oakland residents.
In Oakland, there are many strategies at play in the struggle to stem violent crime, which has actually decreased in recent years, though it’s stil...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2011
  • Length: 05:31