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Harris may shift juvie 'boot camp' to treatment model

Juvenile justice researchers have known for a while now that juvenile "boot camps" don't reduce recidivism and create needless risks for youth, which is why I'm pleased to read this news ("Harris youth boot camp to replace drills with therapy," Jan. 28):Harris County may scrap rigorous physical training and rigid military-style drills at its Delta Boot Camp in favor of a program that uses therapy to attack the emotional and behavioral problems that led the young people into crime, officials said Wednesday. The county opened a juvenile boot camp in 1994 to offer chronic young offenders one last chance to shape up before they would be shipped off to do hard time at a Texas Youth Commission facility. Officials hoped the facility?s strong emphasis on military structure, drill and discipline would help the 14- to 16-year-old residents change from trouble-making boys into responsible men...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on January 30, 2009 (boomark / email).