Young Kids, Hard Time
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United States
How it feels
This docuseries profiles young people aged 12 to 17 who are locked up in adult prisons in the United States. It shows their daily lives inside two Indiana correctional facilities and the serious crimes that put them there.
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What happens
Young Kids, Hard Time is an American MSNBC TV show which premiered November 20, 2011. The show is about children age 12 to 17 incarcerated as adults in the American prison system. These children have all been tried as an adult. The United States is among only a few countries in the world where children can be tried as adults. The show was shot at the Pendleton Juvenile Correctional Facility and the YIA (Youth Incarcerated As Adults) unit of the Wabash Valley Correctional Facility in Indiana. The crimes portrayed range from theft to parricide. The series was produced by Calamari Productions. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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