Military School for Juvenile Offenders?

[Anonymous]

I keep hearing that juvenile offenders are being released from juvie because of lack of space. Most of these kids are lacking discipline, proper adult supervision, and are truants. Why aren't courts ordering that they be sent to military schools instead?

[Anonymous]

Because they don’t meet admissions criteria. Military schools aren’t a substitute for juvenile detention.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because they don’t meet admissions criteria. Military schools aren’t a substitute for juvenile detention.

I guess that's my point, why not transition to a military school model that is focused on discipline, structure, but also college preparation?

[Anonymous]

Because military school instructors can no longer lay a finger on kids and the kids know it. The kids who commit these crimes are not going to bother listening to a fake drill sergeant when they know there is nothing backing up the threat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because they don’t meet admissions criteria. Military schools aren’t a substitute for juvenile detention.

I guess that's my point, why not transition to a military school model that is focused on discipline, structure, but also college preparation?

Because your solution has no basis in data, just 70s sitcom plots

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I keep hearing that juvenile offenders are being released from juvie because of lack of space. Most of these kids are lacking discipline, proper adult supervision, and are truants. Why aren't courts ordering that they be sent to military schools instead?

Those schools aren’t free. You want to pay $30k a year for criminals to go to school? If you do, you won’t find many others who do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I keep hearing that juvenile offenders are being released from juvie because of lack of space. Most of these kids are lacking discipline, proper adult supervision, and are truants. Why aren't courts ordering that they be sent to military schools instead?

Those schools aren’t free. You want to pay $30k a year for criminals to go to school? If you do, you won’t find many others who do.

Hard labor camps for violent youth offenders would be better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because they don’t meet admissions criteria. Military schools aren’t a substitute for juvenile detention.

I guess that's my point, why not transition to a military school model that is focused on discipline, structure, but also college preparation?

Because your solution has no basis in data, just 70s sitcom plots

This. The system is fine as it is. We just need to spend a lot more money on DEI programs until kids who don't want to learn magically decide they want to learn.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I keep hearing that juvenile offenders are being released from juvie because of lack of space. Most of these kids are lacking discipline, proper adult supervision, and are truants. Why aren't courts ordering that they be sent to military schools instead?

Those schools aren’t free. You want to pay $30k a year for criminals to go to school? If you do, you won’t find many others who do.

Hard labor camps for violent youth offenders would be better.

Florida did that. They are still exhuming all of the unmarked graves

[Anonymous]

Some of these juveniles have mental health issues. They do not belong in the military. Your solution to the problem is to continue to outkast and ship them away to fight for your @ss?

[Anonymous]

MCPS did this for the schooling side of it. They sent the most troubled students to their own school in Rockville. The problem was, the composition of this school was disproportionately students of one particular gender, and two particular races. It was not seen as equitable.

[Anonymous]

11:55 here. I should have added -- so the school was shut down a number of years ago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MCPS did this for the schooling side of it. They sent the most troubled students to their own school in Rockville. The problem was, the composition of this school was disproportionately students of one particular gender, and two particular races. It was not seen as equitable.

What on earth. The Mark Twain school was not a military school, and it was not for "juvenile offenders". Other than that, though.

[Anonymous]

They need to bring back scared straight

[Anonymous]

I think the unstated policy right now is that Bowser doesn’t want these kids f#cking up the public schools, so they are willing to turn a blind eye to truancy. Keep them out of the classroom so they don’t pull down others.

I get it, but they need to go somewhere. These kids are looking for replacement families, so the state needs to create one for them.