#Still_i_RYSE

RYSE
Youth Member talks about his experience of needing family love and how
the lack of it put him in a very vulnerable position. This video was
created for the InstaFilm Festival hosted under the Youth Justice
department of RYSE.

Documentary | Children Behind Bars: American Youth Violence

Documentary
meeting some of America's most dangerous young offenders. The Wabash
Valley Correctional Facility in Indiana is home to 40 teenagers serving
terms of up to 65 years for a range of serious crimes. This programme
follows those spending their first night in the maximum-security prison
and others preparing to move up to adult jail. They include Blake
Layman, 17, sentenced to 55 years for murder, and Ireland MacKean, 16,
who says he wants to stay out of trouble behind bars as he starts a
10-year term for robbery.

Improving the Relationship Between Youth and Police

Xavier
McElrath-Bey speaking about his experiences of police brutality and
where we can begin to heal the relationship between community youth and
law enforcement.

Xavier McElrath-Bey and Sara Kruzan of the
Incarcerated Children's Advocacy Network presented at the 2014 Models
for Change Conference in Washington DC