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What are other's experiences with letting their child stay in jail?
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<blockquote data-quote="Kathy813" data-source="post: 582403" data-attributes="member: 1967"><p>We bailed our difficult child out of jail for DUI and wished we hadn't. On one hand, she did not like being in jail even for the short time that she was there and never got another DUI. However, it was just one more time that we rescued her from real consequences and she just continued down the road to addiction. </p><p></p><p>We were told later by a police officer that they would have let her go even if we hadn't bailed her out. There is just not enough room in the jails to hold onto everyone with a DUI who can't make bail (at least in my state). I wish now that we had just let her sit there.</p><p></p><p>Outpatient rehab is obviously not working for your son. Your signature says that he is kicked out. Is that up-to-date? If so, I think you should just keep in minimal contact with him until he agrees to go for inpatient treatment and let him suffer the consequences of his behavior . . . including sitting in jail for a while. Of course, that is easy for me to say since it is not my child. </p><p></p><p>~Kathy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kathy813, post: 582403, member: 1967"] We bailed our difficult child out of jail for DUI and wished we hadn't. On one hand, she did not like being in jail even for the short time that she was there and never got another DUI. However, it was just one more time that we rescued her from real consequences and she just continued down the road to addiction. We were told later by a police officer that they would have let her go even if we hadn't bailed her out. There is just not enough room in the jails to hold onto everyone with a DUI who can't make bail (at least in my state). I wish now that we had just let her sit there. Outpatient rehab is obviously not working for your son. Your signature says that he is kicked out. Is that up-to-date? If so, I think you should just keep in minimal contact with him until he agrees to go for inpatient treatment and let him suffer the consequences of his behavior . . . including sitting in jail for a while. Of course, that is easy for me to say since it is not my child. ~Kathy [/QUOTE]
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