Reel South. Season 8, episode 3, 8 days at Ware / directed by Meg Shutzer, Rachel Lauren Mueller.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Shutzer, Megan, producer.

Mueller, Rachel Lauren, producer.

Field of Vision, production company.

Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), publisher.

Series:

The PBS Video Collection, Fifth Edition

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Corrections.

Juvenile justice, Administration of.

Suicide.

Juvenile detention homes.

Juvenile detention.

Genre:

Documentary television programs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (27 minutes)

Other Title:

8 days at Ware

Place of Publication:

Arlington, VA : Public Broadcasting Service, 2023.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

Suicides at a juvenile detention center in Louisiana raise troubling questions about the facility and the agencies tasked with overseeing it. Thirteen-year-old Solan Peterson had only been at Ware Youth Center for eight days when he took his life while in isolation. 8 Days at Ware examines Solan’s last days – exposing the system that failed him and a legacy of abuse going back decades.

Notes:

"The following film contains content about suicide".

Title from resource description page (viewed May 01, 2025).

OCLC:

1523326511