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58 HARPERS MAGAZINE / JULY 2011 PHOTO ESSAY 59All photogrphs Richrd Ross. Produced with the support o the Annie E. Csey Foundtion

P H O T O E S S A Y

JUVENILE INJUSTICEBy Richard Ross

For the pst fve yers, Richrd Ross hs interviewed nd photogrphed ore thn 1,000 juvenile detin-ees, soe s young s eight yers old, in ore thn 350 detention cilities in thirty sttes. O the series,Ross sttes: In country tht incrcertes one out o every one hundred dults, the juveniles hve the

lest voice nd re the sllest victis o syste under stress.

Richard Ross is a photographer based in Santa Barbara, California. This series will be on view at the NevadaMuseum of Art in the fall of 2012. His monograph Architecture o Authority was published by Aperture in 2007.

Above: Six youths rest in their cells t iddy ro regien tht begins t 4:45 a.m. t the Chllenge progr inEl Pso, Texs. The cility ws orerly boot cp.

Opposite pge: A twelve-yer-old in his cell, where the window hs been borded up ro the outside, t Hrrison CountyJuvenile Detention Center in Biloxi, Mississippi. The cility is operted by Mississippi Security Police, privte copny.

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This pge, ro top: Hle Hoolu Juvenile Detention Fcil-ity, Honolulu, built during World Wr II nd recently closed.

P-Hll, trnsitionl unit where juvenile prisoners go terintke or evlution nd plceent. King County YouthService Center, Settle.

Opposite pge, clockwise ro top: Police vn, Sn Frn-cisco. Juveniles re plced in this box within the vn whendult prisoners re present, s the lw prohibits holdingjuveniles nd dults together.

Mryvle, n ll-girls tretent center in Roseed, Clior-ni. Most o the girls who coe to Mryvle re victis osexul buse.

A fteen-yer-old inte held in xiu security tEthn Allen School in Wles, Wisconsin.

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This pge, clockwise ro top: Young ent Orlens Prish Prison, New Orlens.

Restrining chir t Mendot JuvenileTretent Center in Mdison, Wisconsin.

Restrining tble t McLren Youth Cor-rectionl Fcility in Woodburn, Oregon.

Opposite pge: A confneent cell tMii-Dde Regionl Detention Center,Florid. The xiu legl confneent-cell tie is sixteen hours. This le ju-venile sid he hd been here or seventy-two hours.

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