- Juvies
"For the prison for children of all ages, see juvenile hall"
Infobox Television
show_name = Juvies
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genre = Reality TV
creator =Karen Grau Bill Hussung
director =Karen Grau
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theme_music_composer = The Churchills
opentheme = "Sometimes Your Best Isn't Good Enough", performed by The Curchills
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composer =Simon Heselev
country =USA
language = English
num_seasons = 1
num_episodes = 8
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executive_producer =Kevin Dill Karen Grau Lily Neumeyer Bill Hussung
producer =John Salcido
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story_editor =Leane Vandeman Jule Gilfillan Steven Matty
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cinematography =Piers Bath I-Li Chen
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runtime = 60 minutes approx.
network =MTV
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first_aired =February 1 ,2007
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website = http://www.mtv.com/ontv/dyn/juvies/series.jhtml
imdb_id = 0780365
tv_com_id = 62901MTV Juvies is a (
Calamari Productions )MTV television show following minors in theLake County, Indiana Juvenile Justice Complex. The series' first and only season debuted on MTV in February 2007, and has re-aired regularly, most recently in May - July 2008. On July 30, 2008 [http://nwi.com/articles/2008/07/31/updates/breaking_news/doc4891ecf5201e1645352696.txt the NWI Times] reported that filming was underway at the Lake County Juvenile Justice Complex for a new season of Juvies to air on MSNBC.Overview
MTV Juvies depicts what happens to offenders in the
Indiana Juvenile Justice system. The show features a behind the scenes look at the detention center and court process as it follows kids charged with committing relatively minor offenses such as underage drinking, minortheft ,marijuana use, running away, etc.Each episode follows two youths from their initial intake in the detention center to their "
Detention Hearing " where ajudge hears evidence on whether to keep the child detained, or release the child to their parents or elsewhere, pending a trial on the underlying charges. The series does not cover the trial on the charges themselves, however a brief epilogue appears at the end of each hour long episode updating viewers on the eventual outcome of the case.They have some special shorts called
Life After Juvies on [http://www.mtv.com mtv.com] where it shows how the child is doing after being a juvie.The unprecedented access (including voluminous amounts of
CCTV footage) to the juvenile court system, which is typically closed, was obtained by [http://www.calamariproductions.org/ Calamari Productions] from the Indiana Supreme Court.The song "Sometimes Your Best Isn't Good Enough", performed by The Churchills, is the theme of the show.
Judge
All of the featured children appear before Lake County Indiana Superior Court Judge Mary Beth Bonaventura.
Defense Attorneys
Each child is represented at their detention hearing by a defense attorney - either an appointed
public defender or private attorney hired by the family. The Lake County Juvenile Court uses part timepublic defenders who also maintain private law practices.Attorneys who appear in episodes on behalf of the children include Donald Wruck, Geoff Giorgi, and Deidre Monroe.
Prosecuting Attorneys
The State of Indiana is represented by a deputy prosecuting attorney, who elicits testimony and presents evidence in support of the charges pending against the child. However, because the hearings depicted on "MTV Juvies" are detention hearings, the issues are limited to whether the child should be detained awaiting trial.
The deputy prosecuting attorney appearing in several episodes is Kathy Guzek.
Episode Guide
External links
* [http://www.post-trib.com/news/232966,Mustseetv.articleprint MTV Series Goes Behind The Walls of Lake County "Juvie"]
* [http://www.chipwarren.com/wp/ Behind the scenes look at the making of Lake County Juvies, a follow up to the original series that aired on MTV]
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