Overdue Credit

The US has a different justice system for children who commit crimes. The hope would be that after juvenile detention, a teen could turn his or her life around. That’s one reason they spend a lot of their time behind bars taking classes to avoid falling behind in school. But too often, that time studying doesn’t pay off for kids, as Justice Law Center senior attorney Nadia Mozzafar explains. (Originally aired Nov 19, 2020)