As graduation ceremonies take place across Kern County, students inside the James G. Bowles Youth Detention Center are celebrating an achievement they say once felt out of reach.
“I had to over come my bad habits of basically hanging around bad crowds i just needed to put the work in to be able to at least graduate. I finished all my work on time I did extra credit and everything to get it done just so I could graduate,” one student said.
These are young people who’ve faced the consequences of choices that landed them on the wrong side of the law. They admit the road back hasn’t been easy, but it’s been worth every step…