Locked up for years as teens, they’ve returned home to D.C. hoping to make a difference

Tara Bahrampour, The Washington Post

Locked up for years as teens, they’ve returned home to D.C. hoping to make a difference

“For Will Avila, walking around the District’s Brightwood neighborhood brings back memories of crime and neglect. His mother abandoned him at a McDonald’s when he was small; his father struggled with alcohol; the only sense of family he found was in a gang…”