REEL SOUTH
8 Days at Ware
By Meg Shutzer and Rachel Mueller
Season 08
Episode 803
Youth suicide at a Louisiana juvenile detention center exposes a legacy of abuse. Suicides at a juvenile detention center in Louisiana raise troubling questions about the facility and the agencies tasked with overseeing it. Thirteen-year-old Solan Peterson had only been at Ware Youth Center for eight days when he took his life while in isolation. 8 DAYS AT WARE examines Solan’s last days - exposing the system that failed him and a legacy of abuse going back decades.
