Introducing “The Youth Development Center”

The 13th Step

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News, Recovery, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.8 • 813 Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Introducing the newest series from NHPR’s award-winning Document team: “The Youth Development Center.” New Hampshire has sent its most troubled kids to the same juvenile detention center for more than a century. It's a place that was supposed to nurture them, that instead hurt them – in some of the worst ways imaginable. It's now at the center of one of the biggest youth detention scandals in American history. How did this happen – and how did it finally come to light? If you have suffered abuse and need someone to talk to, you can call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-4673. If you’re in a mental health crisis, call the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 9-8-8.

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0:00.0	Hey, everyone, it's Lauren Chulgin. I'm here to tell you about a new podcast that I really hope you'll make the time to listen to.
0:07.1	It comes from my colleague and pal, Jason Moon. You'll likely remember Jason from his work on the 13th step.
0:13.3	Jason is an incredibly thoughtful and diligent reporter. You heard him talk me through all my feelings about the vandalism.
0:21.0	And Jason is also the guy you heard reporting from federal court when arrests were made.
0:26.4	Well, Jason just launched a powerful new series called The Youth Development Center.
0:31.8	Like the 13th Step, the Youth Development Center is a hard but very important listen.
0:39.1	Jason brings you into New Hampshire's juvenile jail, a place that was nearly impossible to access for decades, despite the fact that it's
0:44.6	a state-run facility, so funded by state tax dollars, and it deals with some of the most
0:49.3	vulnerable kids in our state. The place is like a black box. And what Jason found in there, it's shocking
0:56.4	and heartbreaking. You're going to feel a lot of feelings on this journey. But I don't know any
1:02.2	reporter better than Jason to tackle a story like this, and I hope you will give it a listen.
1:07.3	To make it easy for you, we've put the first episode in this feed.
1:18.8	And if you want to hear the rest of this three-part series, follow the Youth Development Center on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.
1:24.9	Andy Perkins wanted to get it right, to keep all the memories straight.
1:26.8	So we wrote it down.
1:35.3	In three word documents, Andy typed out a personal history of his time at a place called YDC,
1:37.5	the Youth Development Center.
1:43.4	Andy had just reached out to some lawyers, and he figured it would be important to get all the stories together
1:44.3	in one place.
1:45.7	I'm worried I didn't put something in that would be needed.
1:49.2	I'm worried I'll hear that I didn't get all the stories in the correct order or something
1:54.0	crazy like that.
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