RADFORD, Va., Aug. 6 -- Radford University issued the following news release:
Lindsay Semprevivo
In a moment of joy, a teenage boy picked up a small tomato plant and tossed it high
into the air toward the towering, intimidating wall, only to see it stick to the razor
wire several feet away.
"What are you doing?" those around him inside the juvenile detention center asked.
"You're not supposed to do that here."
But at the same time, "We all just started laughing," recalled Lindsay Semprevivo.
"Because in that moment, it was just a kid being a kid."
When Semprevivo first joined the Radford University Department of Criminal Justice
faculty in 2022, one of the first things she wanted to do outside of the classroom
was start a gardening pro...