HOUSTON – The state of Texas has, by far, the highest number of incarcerations in the United States.
Currently, in the Lone Star State, there are a total of 133,772 prisoners behind bars.
Within that large number lives juveniles who are imprisoned. Despite statistics showing that the number of juveniles in prison has decreased over the years, The Texas Tribune reports that there are still hundreds of juveniles locked away in state prisons.
That large number once included community activist Dieter Cantu, who has made it his life mission to ensure that those youth behind bars are not forgotten.
Back in 2005, Cantu was sentenced to serve 10 years for his first offense while his three adult counterparts received no time at all. Cantu has said that due to the lack of proper legal representation in court for his case, he went ahead and signed a plea bargain.
Since being released in 2009, Cantu developed his nonprofit …