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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 312635" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>I have been asking that at difficult child's Department of Juvenile Justice facility and they just shake their heads- they don't know. They have started closing Department of Juvenile Justice facilties now and yes, a lot of state workers are being laid off or having hours cut. Of course, difficult child is happy- they are now changing the law that allows more than 4 mos taken off a sentence for good behavior- wonder why?? because the kids that were in the facilities that closed are being moved into facilities that were almost full to begin with. You would think someone would figure out that the cycle won't stop until they quit barking up the wrong tree- people who choose professions in Department of Juvenile Justice and corrections for adults are not people who even care about or believe in mental health problems many times. I have found that some working at the state Department of Juvenile Justice faciltity were a little more "up" on mental health issues though- unlike our county people, even the parole officer (who is a state Department of Juvenile Justice employee but works at the county bldg), who are completely clueless. They just keep doing the same because, you know, "it's what they typically do". And does it work? No- but that's the kid's and the parent's fault in their minds.</p><p></p><p>Mind you- they are still arresting more and more kids at schools and in the community, meaning the rate of incarceration keeps increasing. The PO told me this week that the schools have now asked for (and goten) a full time probation officer assigned to the high schools so that when a kid on parole or probation gets in trouble at school, they go straight to the po there. This just pushes more and more authority and discipline out of the sd and into the legal system, which as far as I'm concerned, is the problem anyway. in my humble opinion, if they put discipline (appropriate- not absurd) back into the sd's and authority back to the parents instead of the government/legal system, we might not have as many problems to begin with. Then, fundinig could be steered to mental health and the Department of Juvenile Justice could be used only for the more extreme cases- like violent offenders who never responded to mental health treatment.</p><p></p><p>But that's just my 2 cents, which the governor has not asked me for yet. LOL!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 312635, member: 3699"] I have been asking that at difficult child's Department of Juvenile Justice facility and they just shake their heads- they don't know. They have started closing Department of Juvenile Justice facilties now and yes, a lot of state workers are being laid off or having hours cut. Of course, difficult child is happy- they are now changing the law that allows more than 4 mos taken off a sentence for good behavior- wonder why?? because the kids that were in the facilities that closed are being moved into facilities that were almost full to begin with. You would think someone would figure out that the cycle won't stop until they quit barking up the wrong tree- people who choose professions in Department of Juvenile Justice and corrections for adults are not people who even care about or believe in mental health problems many times. I have found that some working at the state Department of Juvenile Justice faciltity were a little more "up" on mental health issues though- unlike our county people, even the parole officer (who is a state Department of Juvenile Justice employee but works at the county bldg), who are completely clueless. They just keep doing the same because, you know, "it's what they typically do". And does it work? No- but that's the kid's and the parent's fault in their minds. Mind you- they are still arresting more and more kids at schools and in the community, meaning the rate of incarceration keeps increasing. The PO told me this week that the schools have now asked for (and goten) a full time probation officer assigned to the high schools so that when a kid on parole or probation gets in trouble at school, they go straight to the po there. This just pushes more and more authority and discipline out of the sd and into the legal system, which as far as I'm concerned, is the problem anyway. in my humble opinion, if they put discipline (appropriate- not absurd) back into the sd's and authority back to the parents instead of the government/legal system, we might not have as many problems to begin with. Then, fundinig could be steered to mental health and the Department of Juvenile Justice could be used only for the more extreme cases- like violent offenders who never responded to mental health treatment. But that's just my 2 cents, which the governor has not asked me for yet. LOL!! [/QUOTE]
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