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Aiming to Change Attitudes on a Tight Budget
By /jjie.org - Mary Eileen Croke & Sophia Rosenbaum
Published: 06/07/2013

NEW YORK — The heat, a relentless swelter that can drive you to the point of madness, is what Ashley Carroll remembers most about her first night in lockup. The 18-year-old reached for a window smudged with filth to find some relief but it wouldn’t budge. It was locked. Or stuck.

“Spofford was like solitary confinement,” she said referring to the juvenile detention center located here where she spent time after she “stole from a store.”

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