Prior to writing this essay, there is some advance work you will need to do: 1. Please go to the link below and listen to the apx. thirty-seven  minute podcast. This interview features Nell Bernstein, author of a book titled Burning Down the House (2014) which discusses juvenile detention facilities. As a social worker who has worked in one of these facilities previously, these pieces are near and dear to my heart and I can attest that I have witnessed some similar experiences. http://www.npr.org/2014/06/04/318801651/burning-down-the-house-makes-the-case-against-juvenile-incarceration">http://www.npr.org/2014/06/04/318801651/burning-down-the-house-makes-the-case-against-juvenile-incarceration