Tag: Youth Crime

  • Careers for Mid-City Youth Sprout From Unlikely Place

    A nonprofit that helps youth find jobs after being arrested has jumped on the food movement bandwagon. It’s using gardening to teach at-risk youth responsibility and help springboard them into the local food industry. Speak City Heights intern Bianca Bruno speaks to three program graduates whose careers are just beginning to sprout. | Video Credit:…

  • More Latino Youths in Juvenile Hall for Drug Offenses

    By Ruxandra Guidi Despite treatment and prevention services for those at risk of entering the juvenile-justice system, in the last couple of years, more than 5,000 San Diego youths have passed through county correctional facilities. A majority were allegedly involved in gang activity and about half are Latino. According to the report by the San Diego Association of Governments,…