Inside an aging brick facility ringed by a chain-link fence and agricultural fields, 14 young people convicted of violent crimes are trying to program a better future for themselves.
For the past two months they’ve been learning to write code through a first-of-its-kind pilot program at the Ventura Youth Correctional Facility in Camarillo, California, about 50 miles northwest of Los Angeles.
They’re looking to break that streets-to-prison cycle by picking up new skills – JavaScript, HTML, CSS – that can lead to high-paying jobs after they’re released. And today, in this air-conditioned classroom lined with big-screen desktop computers, they're getting an assist from an unlikely crew.
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