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<blockquote data-quote="flutterby" data-source="post: 297305" data-attributes="member: 7083"><p>Thank you for sharing that article and link to thinkkids.org. </p><p></p><p>It's devastating what happens to these kids. difficult child 2 has been lucky in that he was sent to an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) rather than juvie. However, the system failed him when he was released, a lot of time passed before information was given to the appropriate people, and a period of several months passed before treatment for his mental illess could continue. And he is now facing the risk of juvie again. I believe his court hearing is this week.</p><p></p><p>Jails and Juvenile Detention Centers are not the place to treat the mentally ill. Everyone acknowledges it is at a crisis level, but not only is nothing done to change the situation, budget cuts force it to continue and increase.</p><p></p><p>Society forgets these kids/adults. Or they aren't educated and see the problems as behavioral. It is up to us - those with a loved one with a mental illness in or out of the justice system - to demand change.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flutterby, post: 297305, member: 7083"] Thank you for sharing that article and link to thinkkids.org. It's devastating what happens to these kids. difficult child 2 has been lucky in that he was sent to an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) rather than juvie. However, the system failed him when he was released, a lot of time passed before information was given to the appropriate people, and a period of several months passed before treatment for his mental illess could continue. And he is now facing the risk of juvie again. I believe his court hearing is this week. Jails and Juvenile Detention Centers are not the place to treat the mentally ill. Everyone acknowledges it is at a crisis level, but not only is nothing done to change the situation, budget cuts force it to continue and increase. Society forgets these kids/adults. Or they aren't educated and see the problems as behavioral. It is up to us - those with a loved one with a mental illness in or out of the justice system - to demand change. [/QUOTE]
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