Amenée à traiter des cas complexes, une juge concilie son aversion pour les cas de délinquance juvénile avec ses convictions en matière de justice.

En utilisant le style du documentaire parodique, la série explore la vie, les rêves et les aspirations de jeunes hommes de 17 à 24 ans à travers plusieurs personnages : les jumeaux Daniel et Nathan Sims ; le champion du monde de surf Blake Oakfield ; le rappeur américain S.mouse ; Jen Okazaki, une mère de famille japonaise et manager d’un champion de skateboard ; et Ruth « Mamie » Sims, une garde dans un centre de détention pour mineurs.

In America at any one time there are over 70,000 children behind bars. Kid Criminals meets children in high-security juvenile prisons who have committed shocking crimes.

Juvies is an MTV television show following minors in the Lake County, Indiana Juvenile Justice Complex. The series' first and only season debuted on MTV in February 2007, and has re-aired regularly since. On July 30, 2008 the NWI Times reported that production was underway for another documentary series also to be filmed at the Lake County Juvenile Justice Complex in Crown Point, Indiana. The MSNBC version, re-branded as "Lockup - Lake County Juvenile Justice," takes a deeper look at the inner workings of the LCJC detention and court systems, and it ventures into other correctional facilities in Indiana, and premiered on MSNBC on July 4, 2009 at 10:00 E.T.