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<blockquote data-quote="Andy" data-source="post: 461477" data-attributes="member: 5096"><p>I happened upon the show last night while flipping through channels so I watched a bit of it. I think it may be helpful for the right kid and I would ONLY use it for those kids who have gone through the system, just are "Not getting it", and truly have hardened his/her heart to society's rules. A remark that one of the kids said that is important to understand, "But I am not going to jail." These kids don't think they will ever get to the point where they will be put in jail so for them, jail life is not a consequence. They know they are safe through this program. Do the looks and words from the inmates really intimidate them? Yes, they might and they may make them feel uncomfortable but they know they will not be placed amongst the inmates and left there. These boys are so hardened by the time they get to that point. They are trying so hard to keep it together and pretend they are still tough. We can not tell what they were really thinking. They have survival skills in place to put up walls between them and words they don't want to hear. Did the information get past their "I gotta stay tough" mentality and get them thinking? I hope so.</p><p></p><p>For those kids who have been identified as high risk of doing crimes, I don't see anything wrong with this type of program. The boys looked so strong and tough but I wonder, did the process really reach them? They are not going to let the camera and inmates and other boys know that it was an eye opener but maybe it did get them to start thinking and maybe one day when they are old enough for adult time and are facing the choice of turning their lives around or going to jail they will choose to work a program to head in the direction they really want to go toward. Maybe they will remember what the prison visit was like?</p><p></p><p>I often thought that there should be a program in which kids could visit the chemical dependency part of the state hospital system to see where a life focused on drinking and doing drugs would lead. However, just like this show, young people just can not picture themselves in that situation. You will always hear, "Not going to happen to me so why do I need this? I can stop whenever I want. I am in control."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy, post: 461477, member: 5096"] I happened upon the show last night while flipping through channels so I watched a bit of it. I think it may be helpful for the right kid and I would ONLY use it for those kids who have gone through the system, just are "Not getting it", and truly have hardened his/her heart to society's rules. A remark that one of the kids said that is important to understand, "But I am not going to jail." These kids don't think they will ever get to the point where they will be put in jail so for them, jail life is not a consequence. They know they are safe through this program. Do the looks and words from the inmates really intimidate them? Yes, they might and they may make them feel uncomfortable but they know they will not be placed amongst the inmates and left there. These boys are so hardened by the time they get to that point. They are trying so hard to keep it together and pretend they are still tough. We can not tell what they were really thinking. They have survival skills in place to put up walls between them and words they don't want to hear. Did the information get past their "I gotta stay tough" mentality and get them thinking? I hope so. For those kids who have been identified as high risk of doing crimes, I don't see anything wrong with this type of program. The boys looked so strong and tough but I wonder, did the process really reach them? They are not going to let the camera and inmates and other boys know that it was an eye opener but maybe it did get them to start thinking and maybe one day when they are old enough for adult time and are facing the choice of turning their lives around or going to jail they will choose to work a program to head in the direction they really want to go toward. Maybe they will remember what the prison visit was like? I often thought that there should be a program in which kids could visit the chemical dependency part of the state hospital system to see where a life focused on drinking and doing drugs would lead. However, just like this show, young people just can not picture themselves in that situation. You will always hear, "Not going to happen to me so why do I need this? I can stop whenever I want. I am in control." [/QUOTE]
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