Caught: The Lives of Juvenile Justice - WNYC

With gripping personal stories and tense intimate scenes, this nine-episode podcast revealed a web-like juvenile justice system and explored its devastating long term effects on young people.

WNYC’s Kai Wright and Kaari Pitkin spoke to Columbia Journalism School’s Sally Herships about morality and the ethics of their podcast’s rare, probing view inside the tangled world of the U.S. juvenile justice system. Wright and Pitkin raise the many challenges they faced - how do you protect the kids? How do you trust them? How much focus do you give to the actual crimes? How do you develop trust without overpromising the impact of your reporting?

CREDITS

Host: Kai Wright

Vice President, News: Jim Schachter

Executive Producer: Karen Frillmann

Senior Producers: Kaari Pitkin, Courtney Stein

Producers: Sophia Paliza-Carre, Paige Cowett, Rebecca Carroll, Patricia Willens

Associate Producers: Jessica Miller, Simone Cazares, Caitlin Pierce, Tim Peterson

Reporters: Sarah Gonzalez, Marianne McCune, Mary Harris, Cynthia Rodriguez, Jared Marcelle, Taylor Eldridge

Technical Director: Cayce Means

Managing Editor of The Marshall Project: Kirsten Danis

Editor of Data News: Rhyne Piggott

Fact Checker: Michelle Harris

Research: David Jeans

Consultant: Dwayne Betts

Composers: Hannis Brown, Alberto Lugo, Taja Graves-Parker, Sean Gary

Mix Engineers: Bill Moss, Karen Pearlman, Matt Boynton