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Season 18 Episode 18: They Call Us Monsters

They Call Us Monsters goes behind the walls of the Compound, a high-security facility where Los Angeles houses its most violent juvenile criminals, to follow three young offenders who sign up to take a screenwriting class with producer Gabe Cowan as they await their respective trials. To their advocates, they’re kids. To the system, they’re adults. To their victims, they’re monsters.

Genre:

Documentary

Seasons:

27

Episodes:

542

Actor:

Stanley Tucci

Quality:

HD

Status:

Returning Series

First Air:

1999

IMDb:

6.6