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<blockquote data-quote="exhausted" data-source="post: 526141" data-attributes="member: 11001"><p>We live in a large city out west. There is little chance there is any relation, he is of hispanic decent and local. We are not from here origionally. I don't know that he is crooked, he has beliefs that are not a good fit for helping kids. Most of the kids that he sees have trauma issues and emotional problems (that is true in all JJS courts). He believes in hardline sentencing. In this state he often sends kids to secure care even until age 21. Within 6 months they have a board that reviews each case. Many of these are kids are sent home, to treatment or elsewhere because they have not done the kinds of crimes to keep them locked in secure care. Our lawyer last Aug. (who use to be the public defender in this court room) said it was his standard sentence for girls especially. </p><p></p><p>OUr daughter, having had 9 months at the one and only treatment center for girls that deals with mental health, and then almost completing suicide because of their poor management (state investigator found that and cited them), has little options. Frankly, I don't want her in any of their places. They are poorly run and the kids spend the magority of the time with minimally trained and badly paid paraprofessionals. I don't know what the answer is. She needs a consequence but jailing her will cost us money and my son will not get his money back. I don't think it helps in the long run as there is no treatment or positive influencence. Having her pay stiff penalties as she has a job would be better for us. The question is will she learn? It's always 2 steps forward and 5 back with her. She is better in some ways and worse in others. The issue of marijuana is very small as she seldom does it now that she is working. As for the sex compulsion (or addiction, noone is sure) who knows? Her behavior is so much like the other difficult children on this forum. I have to believe that the mental illness drives everything with these kids.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="exhausted, post: 526141, member: 11001"] We live in a large city out west. There is little chance there is any relation, he is of hispanic decent and local. We are not from here origionally. I don't know that he is crooked, he has beliefs that are not a good fit for helping kids. Most of the kids that he sees have trauma issues and emotional problems (that is true in all JJS courts). He believes in hardline sentencing. In this state he often sends kids to secure care even until age 21. Within 6 months they have a board that reviews each case. Many of these are kids are sent home, to treatment or elsewhere because they have not done the kinds of crimes to keep them locked in secure care. Our lawyer last Aug. (who use to be the public defender in this court room) said it was his standard sentence for girls especially. OUr daughter, having had 9 months at the one and only treatment center for girls that deals with mental health, and then almost completing suicide because of their poor management (state investigator found that and cited them), has little options. Frankly, I don't want her in any of their places. They are poorly run and the kids spend the magority of the time with minimally trained and badly paid paraprofessionals. I don't know what the answer is. She needs a consequence but jailing her will cost us money and my son will not get his money back. I don't think it helps in the long run as there is no treatment or positive influencence. Having her pay stiff penalties as she has a job would be better for us. The question is will she learn? It's always 2 steps forward and 5 back with her. She is better in some ways and worse in others. The issue of marijuana is very small as she seldom does it now that she is working. As for the sex compulsion (or addiction, noone is sure) who knows? Her behavior is so much like the other difficult children on this forum. I have to believe that the mental illness drives everything with these kids. [/QUOTE]
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