Young Inmates Turn Solitary Confinement Cells Into Art Spaces

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted recently to effectively end the practice of placing incarcerated youth in solitary confinement, as part of a series of reforms. Now, probation officers in the nation's largest juvenile justice system are working to reimagine the security housing units, known as SHUs. At Camp Joseph Scott, a juvenile detention center in Santa Clarita, the once-foreboding cells are being transformed into spaces for therapy and creativity.