Reforming the Juvenile Justice System
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/15/opinion/15lippman.html?_r=1&ref=opinion
It costs an estimated $210,000 per year to confine a juvenile in a state residential facility. The return on this investment - which is roughly 10 times the cost of the most expensive community-based intervention - is shockingly poor. The most recent estimates are that 89 percent of boys placed in these facilities go on to commit further crimes.
It costs an estimated $210,000 per year to confine a juvenile in a state residential facility. The return on this investment - which is roughly 10 times the cost of the most expensive community-based intervention - is shockingly poor. The most recent estimates are that 89 percent of boys placed in these facilities go on to commit further crimes.