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The re arrest rate for adult criminals, statewide is 70%. For young people, it is 72%. The cost to the victim is 100%.
Once again, a newspaper cries over the cots of keeping criminals, young ones, in jail. Not a work about the cost of the crimes, to the victim and society.
"It costs approximately $200,000 per year to lock up a young person in DJJ. So what has the taxpayers' $2 million dollar investment in Maria's son brought him, his family or his community? When his mom sees his resignation, his broken spirit and the scars on his body from rubber bullets, she knows that the state has failed him. He's certainly not the only one. Despite costing more than $436 million annually to warehouse only 1,300 youth, DJJ fails 72 percent of the time meaning that 72 percent of the young people are rearrested soon after release."
Personally, I am not upset that a criminal, at any age, has their "spirit" broken. Think of the "spirit" of the victim and potential victims.
Punishment is supposed to hurt the spirit. If it was summer camp, it would not matter.
Maybe the criminals should be told who their supporters are. Then they can commit crimes only against those that believe it is OK.
What do you think?
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Once again, a newspaper cries over the cots of keeping criminals, young ones, in jail. Not a work about the cost of the crimes, to the victim and society.
"It costs approximately $200,000 per year to lock up a young person in DJJ. So what has the taxpayers' $2 million dollar investment in Maria's son brought him, his family or his community? When his mom sees his resignation, his broken spirit and the scars on his body from rubber bullets, she knows that the state has failed him. He's certainly not the only one. Despite costing more than $436 million annually to warehouse only 1,300 youth, DJJ fails 72 percent of the time meaning that 72 percent of the young people are rearrested soon after release."
Personally, I am not upset that a criminal, at any age, has their "spirit" broken. Think of the "spirit" of the victim and potential victims.
Punishment is supposed to hurt the spirit. If it was summer camp, it would not matter.
Maybe the criminals should be told who their supporters are. Then they can commit crimes only against those that believe it is OK.
What do you think?
More...