Youth prisons are closing across the U.S. and getting a second life
Over the past 20 years, youth detention centers have closed at a rapid rate. Now, communities are figuring out what to do with the buildings.
In the South Bronx in New York City, the under-construction Peninsula redevelopment offers many of the typical features developers like to portray as essential to a vibrant, mixed-use district: a campus layout with apartments, a health and wellness center, and workspace for startups.