4 episodes
The Youth Development Center NHPR
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4.7 • 168 Ratings
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New Hampshire has sent its most troubled kids to the same juvenile detention center for more than a century. It's a place that was supposed to nurture them, that instead hurt them – in some of the worst ways imaginable. It's now at the center of one of the biggest youth detention scandals in American history. How did this happen – and how did it finally come to light?
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Episode 1: The Black Box
For three decades, Andy Perkins didn’t talk about what happened to him at a place called YDC – the Youth Development Center. Then, he saw something on the news, and he realized he wasn’t the only person with a story about YDC. Andy gives us a rare glimpse into the black box of the juvenile justice system.
If you have suffered abuse and need someone to talk to, you can call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-4673. If you’re in a mental health crisis, call the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 9-8-8. -
Episode 2: If You Let a Dog Bite You
Karen Lemoine didn’t arrive at YDC looking to start trouble. But the red flags she saw were hard to ignore, especially when it came to one kid in particular. What trying to do the right thing cost both of them – and why, 30 years later, they’re speaking up again.
If you have suffered abuse and need someone to talk to, you can call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-4673. If you’re in a mental health crisis, call the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 9-8-8. -
Episode 3: Sober Algebra
This flood of roughly 1,300 people who’ve come forward all started with one man. How the widespread abuse at YDC finally came to light and how people are grappling with what justice and accountability even mean in a scandal so large.
If you have suffered abuse and need someone to talk to, you can call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-4673. If you’re in a mental health crisis, call the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 9-8-8. -
Trailer: The Youth Development Center
The Youth Development Center is a podcast from New Hampshire Public Radio, coming June 26th.
Customer Reviews
Amazingly told story
NHPR does it again. This is an amazing story told with care and respect.
Just another example of the need for comprehensive journalists on the ground to tell the hardest of stories.
When are more episodes dropping!
Love the show, just confused as to why there’s only three episodes!
Very Good
I enjoyed listening, learning and this caught my interest and attention.
I hope more stories will be brought to light!
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