They Call Us Monsters

They Call Us Monsters

2016 · 82 min · ★ 6.7 · Documentary

Behind the walls of the Compound, LA’s most violent juvenile offenders await their trials. To their advocates, they’re kids. To the system, they’re adults. To their victims, they’re monsters. Who are they to you?

Directed by Ben Lear

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