Criminal Justice System: Expression
Clip: Season 12 Episode 15 | 7m 43s
Delve into a drama therapy program at a juvenile detention center for girls in Illinois.
This Community Classroom module takes a look at a drama therapy program at a juvenile detention center for girls in Illinois. Viewers watch as the girls struggle to make sense of their own stories and how they can be used collectively to tell a larger, transformative narrative. Part of the Women and Girls Lead, Volume 3 curriculum titled Women, Girls and the Criminal Justice System.
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Criminal Justice System: Expression
Clip: Season 12 Episode 15 | 7m 43s
This Community Classroom module takes a look at a drama therapy program at a juvenile detention center for girls in Illinois. Viewers watch as the girls struggle to make sense of their own stories and how they can be used collectively to tell a larger, transformative narrative. Part of the Women and Girls Lead, Volume 3 curriculum titled Women, Girls and the Criminal Justice System.
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Criminal Justice System: Cyntoia as Mentor
Clip: S12 Ep15 | 2m 52s | Cyntoia reflects on the difficult circumstances of life in prison. (2m 52s)
Criminal Justice System: Decisions
Clip: S12 Ep15 | 8m 37s | This module looks at the ways families are affected by incarceration. (8m 37s)
Criminal Justice System: Intervention
Clip: S12 Ep15 | 6m | The Girl Scouts Beyond Bars program connects daughters with their incarcerated moms. (6m)
Criminal Justice System: Meet Cyntoia
Clip: S12 Ep15 | 6m 29s | Cyntoia, a teen girl serving a life sentence for murder, tells her story. (6m 29s)
Criminal Justice System: Meet Rosa
Clip: S12 Ep15 | 4m 50s | Rosa talks about factors that have led to a pattern of juvenile detention. (4m 50s)
Criminal Justice System: Mentorship
Clip: S12 Ep15 | 4m 22s | Ida attends her mother's high school graduation in prison. (4m 22s)
Criminal Justice System: Seizing Stories
Clip: S12 Ep15 | 4m 19s | Cyntoia shares her history with sexual violence, which has profoundly impacted her life. (4m 19s)
Criminal Justice System: What to Do
Clip: S12 Ep15 | 3m 22s | Hear opinions on the result of Cyntoia’s case and if teens should be tried as adults. (3m 22s)
Me Facing Life: Cyntoia's Story - Promo
Preview: S12 Ep15 | 28s | She made a split-second decision that changed everything. (28s)
Me Facing Life: Pretrial Interview
Clip: S12 Ep15 | 3m 9s | In a pretrial interview, Dr. William Bernet listens as Cyntonia recounts a painful past. (3m 9s)
Me Facing Life: Prison Reflections
Clip: S12 Ep15 | 2m 34s | Via prison telephone, Cyntoia recounts her past choices and hopes for a better future. (2m 34s)
Me Facing Life: They All Wanted Admiration
Clip: S12 Ep15 | 3m | In prison, Cyntoia tries to recuperate her own self-esteem after years of abuse. (3m)
Clip: S12 Ep15 | 1m 43s | Cyntoia's adoptive mother struggles to understand why she missed the warning signs. (1m 43s)
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