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There is a new home and even more hope for teenagers who find themselves locked up in the County’s juvenile detention system thanks to a new Youth Transition Campus. This summer young people in custody are learning more than just life’s hard lessons. KPBS Education Reporter M.G. Perez takes us inside.
“I was hanging out with people who were in here or were out there doing bad stuff," she said."I had to completely cut everyone off, because if you hang around the barber shop too long, you’re gonna cut a haircut.” Her latest photographs and her painting hang in the lobby of the YTC. The painting shows the mythical Persian Huma bird in brilliant pastel colors.Ocean Fallow, 18, is shown in this undated photo. Fallow recently graduated from the San Diego County Supportive Advocacy for Female Education program. She will start at Grossmont College in August with plans to study criminal justice, San Diego, Calif.
The YTC replaced facilities that looked more like a prison and have now been demolished. Another temporary residential building is under construction now. The open courtyard facility breathes new life into the juvenile corrections system. “Now when they’re released from here and have taken my class they can get an entry-level job and then they can, I believe, affect their lives for good as they move forward and they have options,” Long said.Alex Long is the wood shop teacher at the new Youth Transition Campus. He shows some of the furniture created by students in custody at the Kearny Mesa facility, San Diego, CA, July 6, 2022.
De La Cruz said one third of the 13 to 20-year-old students she teaches read below a fifth grade level. That’s why the new campus has an expanded library. There is even a summer reading contest underway right now.
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