This story will shatter everything you thought you knew about juvenile crime and punishment. In Missouri they have no bars in the juvenile detention facilities. No juvenile convicted of crime is locked in a cell. There are no physical restraints, no isolation rooms; in fact, the word "punishment" is never used. In this groundbreaking documentary, Visionaries takes you inside youth facilities across the state of Missouri where you meet young people in the midst of a rehabilitation approach to Juvenile Justice that has produced startling results. You discover that a place built on compassion, group therapy and a profound belief in the inherent ability of young people to change, is not only a much safer place, a startling 70% of the of the young people who complete the program never get convicted of another crime.
