Metal detectors at all the entrances, security guards patrolling the halls — welcome to your new High School, freshmen! A student sets off the metal detectors on the way into school, and the whole day gets derailed. While they sit in detention all day, the rest of the students face off with a revolving door of teachers who think they’ve got the kids all figured out. What is this school really teaching??

The Red Hook Community Justice Center seeks to help create a more effective and humane justice system. Founded as a public/private partnership between the New York State Unified Court System and the Fund for the City of New York, the Center creates operating programs to test new ideas and solve problems, performs original research to determine what works (and what doesn’t), and provides expert assistance to justice reformers around the world. courtinnovation.org