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The Genesis of “Every Child Has a Story” Photography Documentary Part 3

Part 3: Normalizing the Trauma and Dehumanizing Kids Our Family Reunification Project and the “Every Child Has a Story” documentary heads out this weekend to Chihuahua state. The goal is to help families who cannot afford to visit their children in prison get transportation to the facilities. We are documenting the stories and taking photographs […]

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The Genesis of “Every Child Has a Story” Photography Documentary Part 2

Part 2: Olivia calls the family (Read Part 1) Last week, Olivia, our project coordinator, received the list of teenagers in the detention centers in Ciudad Juarez and Chihuahua who do not receive visitors because their families are too poor. Sixteen children’s names, some with home addresses, some with phone numbers for their parents, some […]

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The Genesis of “Every Child Has a Story” Photography Documentary Part 1

Part 1: Leaps of Faith Two years ago this month we completed our “Dia de Visita” photography documentary project. My wife Amanda took the photographs and I interviewed children and their families on visiting day at the detention center. It was quite a challenge to get permission and finally complete interviews with children and parents […]

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Annie E. Casey Foundation Visits our Project in Chihuahua

[:en]The Annie. E Casey Foundation sent a team of U.S. juvenile justice experts, part of their “Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative”, to visit our project in Chihuahua, Mexico. Here are some image of our meetings with the local judges, prosecutors, public defenders, probation, and community-based organizations.

JDAI Presentation to Chihuahua government and local stakeholders
JDAI Presentation to Chihuahua government and local stakeholders
Doug presents a summary of Chihuahua use of detention data.
Doug presents a summary of Chihuahua use of detention data.
Doug presents basic statistics on juvenile detention in Chihuahua.
Doug presents basic statistics on juvenile detention in Chihuahua.
Local stakeholders share their challenges.
Local stakeholders share their challenges.
Local juvenile court judges share their perspectives on situation in Chihuahua.
Local juvenile court judges share their perspectives on situation in Chihuahua.
Community leaders share their perspective with chief juvenile court Justice Guzman.
Community leaders share their perspective with chief juvenile court Justice Guzman.
JDAI Team and local stakeholders.
JDAI Team and local stakeholders.
Russ Payne, JJI summer intern, Albuquerque Judge Romero. Roxana Matiella from the Children's Center for Law and Policy, and La Plazita director Albino Garcia.
Russ Payne, JJI summer intern, Albuquerque Judge Romero. Roxana Matiella from the Children’s Center for Law and Policy, and La Plazita director Albino Garcia.
Local friends meeting up with Doug, Bill Mondale, Albino Garcia, Roxana Matiella, and Russ Payne.
Local friends meeting up with Doug, Bill Mondale, Albino Garcia, Roxana Matiella, and Russ Payne.

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20 Hours

[:en]The teacher was preparing her lesson when we entered the empty classroom at 9:15 A.M. She had written a few math problems written on the chalkboard. We had brought a group of experts from the United States and we were on an official tour of the juvenile detention center in Chihuahua, Mexico. We started at […]