Topic: A Broader View / Should jails implement more rehabilitation programs?

Absolutely, and it should begin with juvenile detention

Topic: A Broader View / Should jails implement more rehabilitation programs?

ABSOLUTELY Should be monitored, obviously, as not everyone would be successful, as one has to want to change. My bigger concern is that rehabilitation be offered at the juvenile arena more than it is. I have a son who was in the system for 7 yesers and now I teach at a juvenile detention center. Washington State just can’t seem to find the funds to help our youth. My son was in a treatment center for 7 months and it was the best thing that ever happened, as he got an education and mental health treatment. I believe that another place to address the isues is to look at WHAT we are incarcerating people for. There doesn’t seem to be a balance of consequence for crime, especially at the adult leve in our state. There is a reason that we have more people incarcerated than any other place in the world and that is very sad for an advanced couintry