Sep 19, 2018
12 min read
YOUTH NOW
The Cycle
Walking in my father’s footsteps, and trying to find a new path
As I entered Bridges Juvenile Detention Center, otherwise known as Spofford, I was deathly afraid. I’d been shuffled through its barbed-wire fences in handcuffs and shackles, and so far, I could see little that distinguished my new home from an adult jail — the kind I’d seen on television programs…
