(complete animation) Honored to be includeded in Society of Illustrators #Illustrators61 Exhibition/Reception 1/9/19! On any given night, roughly 53,000 young people are in some form of lockup. Nearly 60 percent are black or Latino. #WNYC Studios Caught: The Lives of Juvenile Justice-tells the stories of young lives forever changed by collisions with law and order. "Elegy Ending with a Cell Door Closing" (written and spoken by #DwayneBetts) introduces the story of 15 year old #RojaiFentress (aka Fats) who in 1996 was sentenced to life in prison for a crime he did not commit. On the strength of one witness who didn't actually see the slaying, and with no physical evidence linking Fentress to the homicide, a jury found him guilty on the murder charge. It is now 2018, over 2 decades later and this innocent teenager” now 38 yrs old - is still in prison." WNYC Studios | Caught: The Lives of Juvenile Justice Title: Elegy Ending With A Cell Door Closing Written and Spoken: Reginald Dwayne Betts @dwaynebetts Illustrated and Animated: Louisa Bertman @louisabertman Creative Director: Rhyne Piggott @rhyne Executive Producer: Karen Frillmann Original Score Hannis Brown WNYC WNYC Studios & The Root https://vimeo.com/272258596 To read and listen to all episodes of Caught: The Lives of Juvenile Justice Podcast: www.wnycstudios.org/shows/caught/episodes New info and Recent article on Fentress case: https://www.newsleader.com/story/news/local/2018/12/13/prosecutor-says-22-years-enough-man-convicted-murder-teen/2276696002/. #wnyc #NPR #penamerica #illustration #animation #visualnarrative #story #louisabertman @wamnycevents @wia_animation Animation #juvenilejustice @thewomenwhodraw #visualjournalism A shout out and huge thanks to SOI Jon Burgerman, Lauren Tamaki, and the #illustrators61 Institutional Category Judges: Antonio Alcala @tomcjbrown @gninamarowitz @jendotlu DotLu, @rudy_gutierrez_art @benjamin_marra @eumiel @yukoart, and @rich_tu https://www.instagram.com/p/BscIUA4BWQD/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=spz1l46o8ou0