35 min

Episode 2: 'They Look at Me Like a Menace‪'‬ Caught

    • True Crime

In our first episode, we met Z. He's locked up because he and a group of friends robbed someone with a gun. But now that he's inside, his biggest problem is his temper. Z is a kid who's had mental health challenges since he was small, and when he's gotten the support he needs, he has thrived. Inside lock up, that support is complicated. It comes with a label. And like many kids in the system, he gets help mostly when he "turns up," which is just the kind of behavior that threatens his chance to go home. 
Caught is supported, in part, by the Anne Levy Fund, Margaret Neubart Foundation, the John and Gwen Smart Family Foundation, and the Economic Hardship Reporting Project.

In our first episode, we met Z. He's locked up because he and a group of friends robbed someone with a gun. But now that he's inside, his biggest problem is his temper. Z is a kid who's had mental health challenges since he was small, and when he's gotten the support he needs, he has thrived. Inside lock up, that support is complicated. It comes with a label. And like many kids in the system, he gets help mostly when he "turns up," which is just the kind of behavior that threatens his chance to go home. 
Caught is supported, in part, by the Anne Levy Fund, Margaret Neubart Foundation, the John and Gwen Smart Family Foundation, and the Economic Hardship Reporting Project.

35 min

Top Podcasts In True Crime

Small Town Dicks
Audio 99
The Secret History of Antarctica: Death on the Ice
Crowd Network
Canadian True Crime
Kristi Lee | Canadian True Crime
Paper Ghosts: The Ozarks
iHeartPodcasts
True Crime with Kendall Rae
Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios
Murder In The Rain
Murder In The Rain

More by WNYC

Science Friday
Science Friday and WNYC Studios
The New Yorker Radio Hour
WNYC Studios and The New Yorker
La Brega
WNYC Studios and Futuro Studios
The Experiment
The Atlantic and WNYC Studios
Radiolab for Kids Presents: Terrestrials
WNYC
Come Through with Rebecca Carroll
WNYC