I would never want my child in prison, but I have felt the county lock up would not hurt her. Ours is very small and very tightly controlled because of its small population. I am not foolish enough to believe that she would not encounter bad influences, swapping of "favors" and drugs, nor that she would receive treatment. I know better. But my daughter is often more of a harm to herself than others and in county, I would know she was eating, I would know she had a roof over her head, and I would know she at least had "some" supervision from hurting herself. Would she get anything out of it? No, because she is not ready to change. I am the one who would benefit from at least knowing where she is and that she was ok for another day, and if she wasn't, I would at least be called. That is truly sad but completely honest.
