Hamilton County Juvenile Court (HCJC) has partnered with Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden on a project called, “Grow Together,” transforming part of our outdoor recreation space at the Youth Detention Center into an urban learning garden. For more than a year, zoo personnel, community volunteers and Youth Center residents have laid soil, planted seeds and starter …Read More

It’s the stuff dreams and lifelong memories are made of. A team of young men, arms slung over one another, singing into a microphone, collaborating on a goal, identifying mistakes, celebrating achievement. It’s a scene that could play out in any high school music room. But in this room, a guard sits near the door …Read More