The Youth Development Center
Episodes
Introducing: Safe to Drink
12 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Introducing “Safe to Drink:” A New Hampshire town finds out its water has been contaminated by a chemical. The most basic question — whether the...
Sober Algebra
26 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 peopl...
If You Let a Dog Bite You
26 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 pa...
The Black Box
26 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Click here to read the companion digital story made in collaboration with The Pudding.To hear more stories by Jason Moon and NHPR's Document team, cli...
Introducing: The Youth Development Center
04 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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...