Georgia youth incarceration systems prioritize punishment, families say

Georgia youth incarceration systems prioritize punishment, families say

Real journalists wrote and edited this (not AI)—independent, community-driven journalism survives because you back it. Donate to sustain Prism’s mission and the humans behind it. This article was co-published with Inquest (a fellow founding member of the Movement Media Alliance) and Mainline. Jay was placed in Georgia’s Metro Regional Youth Detention Center (RYDC) in August 2023 when he was 17 years old. According to the family’s attorney, the j…