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| For Troubled Youth, Prison-like Settings do more Harm than Good |
| By jjie.org - Lizzie Buchen |
| Published: 02/05/2013 |
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In the early morning hours of May 11, 2011, while sleeping on his living room sofa, Jeffrey Hall’s son shot him dead from point-blank range. The killer had a long history of violence. He had stabbed several people, choked another with a telephone cord, and committed arson. Yet confining this person behind bars, as many want to do, is misguided, short-sighted, and destined to fail him and society due to one unusual fact. He was only 10 years old. On Feb. 15, a Riverside County Juvenile Court Judge will decide the fate of this young boy, now aged 12. Some argue the only way to deal with such a severely troubled child is to send him to a correctional institution in the state’s Division of Juvenile Facilities (DJF). Although DJF has a sordid history, blighted by litigation over its appalling levels of violence and lack of rehabilitative services, proponents argue it is now safer and more humane than it was in the past. But no matter how much the system improves, DJF’s outmoded and deteriorating facilities will never be fit for children. Read More. |
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