Juvies

2007-02-01 | en

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Seasons & Episodes

EP1 Cordell and Sara

Feb. 01,2007

For some teens, one poor choice can result in a trip to Indiana's Lake Country Juvenile Center. When sixteen-year-old Sara runs away from home and heads towards Texas with some of her friends, she is caught by the police and locked up for four.

EP2 Ryan and LaRico

Feb. 08,2007

When seventeen-year-old Ryan gets pulled over by the cops for a hit and run accident, he knows he's in for trouble. But when he's questioned by the cops, matters are made worse by the fact that he and his friends have been smoking a joint and driving under the influence. Cuffed and taken into Juvie, Ryan is blazed beyond comprehension, too high to know how to respond to the intake officer's questions.

EP3 Sierra and Rashad

Feb. 15,2007

This time on Juvies, sixteen-year-old Sierra is picked up by police after having been suspected of running away. Since she has been dating a convicted drug dealer, Sierra has run into a rough patch with her parents, who have recently caught her lying and getting into trouble. When her school calls her parents to inform them she missed school, Sierra's parents fear the worst and call the cops. Although she claims she had no intention of running away with her nineteen-year-old boyfriend, her story doesn't match up and she lands in Juvie.

EP4 Kashmeire and Francesca

Feb. 22,2007

When seventeen-year-old Kashmiere slides her friend $400 worth of stolen goods from her job, the department store security catches her on camera. Although this isKashmiere's first offense as a shoplifter, she's no stranger to trouble -- she has recently been suspended from school for fighting with a teacher.

EP5 Steve and Javier

Mar. 01,2007

Steve, the football star, is arrested for underage drinking at a party and running from the cops, while Javier, the son of proud immigrant parents, is arrested for burglary.

EP6 Karissa and Nathan

Mar. 08,2007

Seventeen-year-old Nathan finds himself in cuffs for burglary and criminal mischief charges, although he denies all blame for the crimes committed. According to the teen, his friend picked him up in a truck and stopped at his 'grandmother's house' to grab some things from his room. After his friend loaded the pickup with goods, he peeled out of the driveway and ran through stop signs, eventually totaling the car. While his friend bolted from the scene of the accident, Nathan waited in the car for the cops to arrive.

EP7 RJ, Jasmine and Jacinta

Mar. 15,2007

Sixteen-year-old RJ returns to the Juvenile Detention center with charges of burglary, criminal trespass, auto theft, and theft. As the officer brings him in for his intake, RJ admits that he is still feels high after consuming a large quantity of Xanax.

EP8 Dale and Jeff

Mar. 22,2007

Fifteen-year-old Dale is taken into Juvie for running away. While he told his mother he was going off to band practice to play the drums, his mother called the police claiming Dale had split. When he arrived home, the cops put on the cuffs and dragged him to the center.

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Juvies is an MTV television show following minors in the Lake County, Indiana Juvenile Justice Complex. The series' first and only season debuted on MTV in February 2007, and has re-aired regularly since. On July 30, 2008 the NWI Times reported that production was underway for another documentary series also to be filmed at the Lake County Juvenile Justice Complex in Crown Point, Indiana. The MSNBC version, re-branded as "Lockup - Lake County Juvenile Justice," takes a deeper look at the inner workings of the LCJC detention and court systems, and it ventures into other correctional facilities in Indiana, and premiered on MSNBC on July 4, 2009 at 10:00 E.T.

Juvies Audience Reviews

SparkMore n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

Matrixiole Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

Whitech It is not only a funny movie, but it allows a great amount of joy for anyone who watches it.

Billie Morin This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

Nancigee741 I just heard about "Juvies" from friends, followed by relatives, yesterday, 2/10/07. I found an episode on today. And it turns out I know one of the kids, his group of friends has been one of the thorns in my side in the relationship with my now 18-yr-old son. The boy on TV had been to my home several times, and kicked out once, for which we were chastised by our son for "embarassing" him. Tough.My younger son was adopted in the courtroom shown with the same court personnel four years ago. The court personnel are extremely nice, a pleasure to work with.I have also been "inside" the Lake County, IN , juvie system twice within the past year: once to have kids prosecuted after being burglarized by teens, the next time after my own son pushed me, I had a concussion and I pressed charges.Although not entirely the fault of the "Four-Star" Lake Central School District in Northwest IN, a great deal of the juvenile problems (drug use, fights, theft, etc.)IN THIS AREA of Northwest area direct result because a building meant to hold under two thousand students is holding around four thousand students: and until last week, there was only one security officer and the kids have it all figured out as to where he'll be and when. In other words, the inmates are running the asylum.I have heard, over and over, from dozens of parents and many more students: drugs are sold, snorted, smoked, etc., in and around the school: in bathrooms, under the stage,in the auditorium, in shop classes. Fights break out daily. Kids leave and return to school to buy fast food, drugs, etc, as they please.The administration is good, but not good enough. These kids are, smart and sneaky (but not intelligent), Probably why Indiana has one of the highest HS dropout rates in the country as I read last spring in Time magazine. Oh, and this is no poverty area, either. I believe there is less than 10 percent poverty level in this school district, Lake Central.As for the show Juvies, the reenactments, looked to be filmed in California, are HORRIBLE. The will be the ruination of this otherwise good show. It brought my rating of the show down by 3 points.As for the reality side, I have a feeling I am going to see many more young people I have met, that have even been in my home. I ran cub scout camp here in IN for many years and what upsets me most is that some of those same kids needlessly ended up in the system. They could have stayed in scouts, but found it boring or an embarrassment.I am almost afraid to watch the other episodes. I wonder how many of the people I will know. If there are more kids I know I just hope they are not from the weakest link of the Lake Central Schools: Westlake Special Education.