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I don't agree with the OP, we need to dig deeper into a lot of these youth to see how we can support them as a society. The recurring same policies and tactics are no longer working and therefore we cannot keep asking why longer-harsher prison sentences are not working. We need to work on a new revolutionary idea in criminal enforcement. Broken children become broken adults when coupled with generational trauma.

There is enough money in DC, but not enough social workers.

No, that’s not it. Harsh sentences absolutely do work, they just have to be consistently enforced. Have you been in Singapore?
Of course, it should be a multi-pronged approach. Consistent enforcement is just one aspect, and that must include the adults around these kids.

I heard a social worker on the radio this morning lamenting that he’s visited the kids’ homes who are repeatedly stealing cars and engaging in criminal activities.
His complaint: There were drugs in the home, and no food in the fridge.

To this I would say that these youths then should be removed from these environments that are not homes.
More social workers are not going to make a difference in these situations. These kids are already eligible for free food, free healthcare, and free education.
Support systems that kids in other countries could only dream of! Yet it does not help at all, it has no positive impact. Why is that?
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There are no "wrap around services" that are going to improve the lives of kids who live in the homes described above.  That is a lie promoted by current child welfare policies and the progressive left.  There are lots of poor people whose kids do NOT commit crimes.  Those are the families for whom increased social services can make a difference.  But the kids who do commit crimes, and who live in the situations described above, are only going to be helped if they are removed and put in a humane reform school environment that gives equal parts structure AND nurture.    [/quote]

This.

Current policies have resulted in a soaring number of dead black people in DC, many of them children. More of the same is UNACCEPTABLE. Forget doubling down so all the NGOs can feed at the public trough on the backs of dead kids. [/quote]

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