“In the Gray Area”

By April Capochino Myers

Published in 225 Magazine on January 31, 2020

First place winner in 2021 for General Feature by the Society for Features Journalism.

Judge’s comments: “Unexpected. Unprecedented. Those words describe both the subject matter and the writing of this quietly compelling story about an organization in Baton Rouge, La., that helps juvenile offenders return to society. Organization stories — no matter how noble — are rarely this forceful. But this surprising feature manages to question the universal tenets of forgiveness and grace.”