Documentary film about Wyoming's juvenile justice system

The Wyoming Children's Action Alliance is the Kids Count grantee for Wyoming. Kids Count, a project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, is a national and state effort to track the status of children in the United States.

An official selection at the Cheyenne International Film Festival, May 20, 2011.

Marc J. Homer, writer, producer, director; Alan O'Hashi, associate producer and editor; Marc J. Homer and Deanna Frey, executive producers; Jesse Lee, original music.

Former U.S. Senator Alan K. Simpson; Jose and Cody; Dustin Von Krosigk; Robert Dean; Mario Espinoza; Judge Gary P. Hartman, retired, Governor's Juvenile Justice Policy Analyst; Charles Kratz, Director Youth Services of Fremont County; John M. Burman, Professor University of Wyoming School of Law; Rand Young, Team Leader, AECF Juvenile Detention Alternatives; Tony Lewis, Director of Wyoming Dept. of Family Services; Patricia J. Arthur, Attorney National Center for Youth Law; Brian Christensen, Assistant District Attorney, Natrona County; Sarah Bryer, Director National Juvenile Justice Network; Liz Ryan, President and CEO, Campaign for Youth Justice; Rep. Keith Gingery, Jackson, Wyo.; Sen. Saundra Meyer, Evanston, Wyo.; Sen. Tony Ross, Cheyenne, Wyo.; Bryan Skoric, Park County Wyo. County Attorney; Rep. Mary Throne, Cheyenne, Wyo.; Sen. Kathryn Sessions, Cheyenne, Wyo.; Byron Oedekoven, Executive Director Wyo. Assoc. of Sheriffs and Chiefs of Police; Phil Roberts, University of Wyoming History Professor; Linda Burt, Executive Director, ACLU Wyoming Chapter; Beth Evans, Ph.D., Cheyenne, Wyo.; Matt Keating, Natrona County Commissioner; Brenda and Blenda McKinney; Donna Sheen, Chairperson, Wyoming Advisory Council on Juvenile Justice; David D. Freudenthal, Former Wyo. Governor; John Schaefer, Coordinator; Progressive Youth, Laramie, Wyo.; Steve Hamaker, CEO, Greater Wyoming Big Brothers Big Sisters.

"Wyoming has no separate juvenile justice system, as most states do, so a juvenile can accumulate a criminal record in adult courts for such minor offenses as smoking in school or skateboarding on a public sidewalk. The film recounts the stories of youth who have been in the system and shows instances of juveniles shackled, over-medicated, and held in treatment facilities over a hundred miles from their families for minor offenses that could have been handled outside the criminal justice system. The film shows Wyoming leaders engaged in a struggle to reform a system that has historically been resistant to change. Filmed in Rawlins, Cheyenne, Laramie, Casper, and other parts of Wyoming, featuring former Senator Alan Simpson and many other people from around Wyoming, and national experts. Not rated."-- Wyoming Children's Action Alliance website.