This flood of roughly 1,300 people who’ve come forward all started with one man. How the widespread abuse at YDC finally came to light and how people are grappling with what justice and accountability even mean in a scandal so large.<a href="http://ydcpodcast.org/">Click here</a> to read the companion digital story made in collaboration with The Pudding.If you have suffered abuse and need someone to talk to, you can call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-4673. If you’re in a mental health crisis, call the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 9-8-8. To support investigative journalism like The Youth Development Center at NHPR, <a href="https://secure3.convio.net/nhpr/site/SPageNavigator/blackbaud_checkout_4733.html">click here.</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;This flood of roughly 1,300 people who’ve come forward all started with one man. How the widespread abuse at YDC finally came to light and how people are grappling with what justice and accountability even mean in a scandal so large.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ydcpodcast.org/"&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt; to read the companion digital story made in collaboration with The Pudding.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;If you have suffered abuse and need someone to talk to, you can call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-4673. If you’re in a mental health crisis, call the Suicide &amp; Crisis Lifeline at 9-8-8. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;To support investigative journalism like &lt;i&gt;The Youth Development Center&lt;/i&gt; at NHPR, &lt;a href="https://secure3.convio.net/nhpr/site/SPageNavigator/blackbaud_checkout_4733.html"&gt;click here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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This flood of roughly 1,300 people who’ve come forward all started with one man. How the widespread abuse at YDC finally came to light and how people are grappling with what justice and accountability even mean in a scandal so large.

If you have suffered abuse and need someone to talk to, you can call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-4673. If you’re in a mental health crisis, call the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 9-8-8.

Episode 3: Sober Algebra

Karen Lemoine didn’t arrive at YDC looking to start trouble. But the red flags she saw were hard to ignore, especially when it came to one kid in particular. What trying to do the right thing cost both of them – and why, 30 years later, they’re speaking up again.<a href="http://ydcpodcast.org/">Click here</a> to read the companion digital story, see archival photos and internal documents, and explore an interactive timeline of the alleged abuse, made in collaboration with The Pudding.If you have suffered abuse and need someone to talk to, you can call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-4673. If you’re in a mental health crisis, call the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 9-8-8. To support investigative journalism like The Youth Development Center at NHPR, <a href="https://secure3.convio.net/nhpr/site/SPageNavigator/blackbaud_checkout_4733.html">click here.</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;Karen Lemoine didn’t arrive at YDC looking to start trouble. But the red flags she saw were hard to ignore, especially when it came to one kid in particular. What trying to do the right thing cost both of them – and why, 30 years later, they’re speaking up again.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ydcpodcast.org/"&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt; to read the companion digital story, see archival photos and internal documents, and explore an interactive timeline of the alleged abuse, made in collaboration with The Pudding.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;If you have suffered abuse and need someone to talk to, you can call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-4673. If you’re in a mental health crisis, call the Suicide &amp; Crisis Lifeline at 9-8-8. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;To support investigative journalism like &lt;i&gt;The Youth Development Center &lt;/i&gt;at NHPR, &lt;a href="https://secure3.convio.net/nhpr/site/SPageNavigator/blackbaud_checkout_4733.html"&gt;click here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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Karen Lemoine didn’t arrive at YDC looking to start trouble. But the red flags she saw were hard to ignore, especially when it came to one kid in particular. What trying to do the right thing cost both of them – and why, 30 years later, they’re speaking up again.

If you have suffered abuse and need someone to talk to, you can call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-4673. If you’re in a mental health crisis, call the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 9-8-8. 

Episode 2: If You Let a Dog Bite You

For three decades, Andy Perkins didn’t talk about what happened to him at a place called YDC – the Youth Development Center. Then, he saw something on the news, and he realized he wasn’t the only person with a story about YDC. Andy gives us a rare glimpse into the black box of the juvenile justice system. <a href="http://ydcpodcast.org/">Click here</a> to read the companion digital story made in collaboration with The Pudding.If you have suffered abuse and need someone to talk to, you can call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-4673. If you’re in a mental health crisis, call the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 9-8-8. To support investigative journalism like The Youth Development Center at NHPR, <a href="https://secure3.convio.net/nhpr/site/SPageNavigator/blackbaud_checkout_4733.html">click here.</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;For three decades, Andy Perkins didn’t talk about what happened to him at a place called YDC – the Youth Development Center. Then, he saw something on the news, and he realized he wasn’t the only person with a story about YDC. Andy gives us a rare glimpse into the black box of the juvenile justice system. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ydcpodcast.org/"&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt; to read the companion digital story made in collaboration with The Pudding.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;If you have suffered abuse and need someone to talk to, you can call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-4673. If you’re in a mental health crisis, call the Suicide &amp; Crisis Lifeline at 9-8-8. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;To support investigative journalism like &lt;i&gt;The Youth Development Center &lt;/i&gt;at NHPR, &lt;a href="https://secure3.convio.net/nhpr/site/SPageNavigator/blackbaud_checkout_4733.html"&gt;click here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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For three decades, Andy Perkins didn’t talk about what happened to him at a place called YDC – the Youth Development Center. Then, he saw something on the news, and he realized he wasn’t the only person with a story about YDC. Andy gives us a rare glimpse into the black box of the juvenile justice system. 

If you have suffered abuse and need someone to talk to, you can call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-4673. If you’re in a mental health crisis, call the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 9-8-8. 

Episode 1: The Black Box

New Hampshire has sent its most troubled kids to the same juvenile detention center for more than a century. It's a place that was supposed to nurture them, that instead hurt them – in some of the worst ways imaginable. A place that for decades was a black box that people are finally seeing into, and what they’re finding is absolutely shocking. How did this happen? How did it finally come to light?

<description>&lt;p&gt;New Hampshire has sent its most troubled kids to the same juvenile detention center for more than a century. It's a place that was supposed to nurture them, that instead hurt them – in some of the worst ways imaginable. A place that for decades was a black box that people are finally seeing into, and what they’re finding is absolutely shocking. How did this happen? How did it finally come to light?&lt;/p&gt;
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The Youth Development Center is a podcast from New Hampshire Public Radio, coming June 26th.

Trailer: The Youth Development Center

New Hampshire has sent its most troubled kids to the same juvenile detention center for more than a century. It's a place that was supposed to nurture them, that instead hurt them – in some of the worst ways imaginable. It's now at the center of one of the biggest youth detention scandals in American history. How did this happen – and how did it finally come to light?

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