NY Times article entitled "Mentally Ill Offenders Strain Juvenile System." The article discusses the difficulty for those young offenders who have mental illness to receive proper treatment and the struggle of state prison systems to pay for appropriate care. How could the juvenile system more appropriately work with young, mentally ill offenders? What are some alternatives to a punishment-based jail system? How could the state pay for treatment?
Monday, August 10, 2009
Mentally Ill Offenders in Juvenile System
NY Times article entitled "Mentally Ill Offenders Strain Juvenile System." The article discusses the difficulty for those young offenders who have mental illness to receive proper treatment and the struggle of state prison systems to pay for appropriate care. How could the juvenile system more appropriately work with young, mentally ill offenders? What are some alternatives to a punishment-based jail system? How could the state pay for treatment?
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