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They Call Us Monsters

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They Call Us Monsters

Season 18 Episode 18 | 80m 31s | CC

They Call Us Monsters takes viewers behind the walls of the Compound, the facility where Los Angeles houses its most violent juvenile criminals. To their advocates, they’re kids. To the system, they’re adults. To their victims, they’re monsters.

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