All of the featured children appear before Lake County Indiana Superior Court Judge Mary Beth Bonaventura.
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Both the MTV and MSNBC versions of Juvies depict what happens to offenders in the Indiana Juvenile Justice system.
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The unprecedented access (including voluminous amounts of CCTV footage) to the juvenile court system, which is typically closed, was obtained by Calamari Productions from the Indiana Supreme Court.
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The show features a behind the scenes look at the detention center and court process as it follows kids charged with committing relatively minor offenses such as underage drinking, minor theft, marijuana use, running away, etc.