After decades of having to look “Tough on Crime”by jailing teenagers, notably people of color, at last we’re seeing the end of  adult prisons housing kids. Forty four states have dialed back the sequestering of kids in medieval fortresses where they were brutalized and dehumanized. And not only have we not seen a rise in “superpredators” as feared, but we’ve actually seen greatly reduced crime. We can have both free children and safe streets. Who knew? On this show author Nell Bernstein talks about her optimistic new book titled In Our Future We Are Free: The Dismantling of the Youth Prison. The best way to rehabilitate young offenders, as it turns out in most cases, is to let them grow up and age out. And what she found is replicable in the larger carceral world. Give a listen for some good news.