Welcome to City-Data.com Forum!
U.S. CitiesCity-Data Forum Index
Go Back   City-Data Forum > U.S. Forums > Missouri
 [Register]
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
View detailed profile (Advanced) or search
site with Google Custom Search

Search Forums  (Advanced)
 
Old 08-26-2009, 08:15 AM
 
12,282 posts, read 13,236,576 times
Reputation: 4985

Advertisements

Teen offenders find a future in Missouri - CNN.com


I had no knowledge of this until now.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message

 
Old 08-26-2009, 12:49 PM
 
Location: Missouri
6,044 posts, read 24,089,952 times
Reputation: 5183
Wow, that is outstanding. I had no idea either.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 08-28-2009, 06:51 PM
 
Location: Huntington Beach, CA
5,888 posts, read 13,005,312 times
Reputation: 3974
I've heard of these in other states. They are great ideas on so many levels.

Success boils down to essentially two factors. A caring, committed staff that is there for more than a weekly paycheck and a motivated "student" body.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 09-03-2009, 11:10 PM
 
Location: Carthage, MO
83 posts, read 232,213 times
Reputation: 73
So Missouri is finally correcting some of their hillbilly, corrupt ways? Doubtful. When my son was 17, he went to Missouri to be near his dad(my ex husband). While there, he got in some minor trouble. While sitting in the Newton County jail(adult jail), he asked for medical care because something was "not right". This medical care was denied, turned out he had a raging kidney infection that got so bad he has permanent kidney damage. He was in jail for some little crap charge that didn't come to anything, but these hillbilly *******s deny him medical care for days while this trumped up charge got sorted out. The kid knows me too well; he didn't tell me anything about this until this year. He is now 28. Some heads would have rolled over this if I had known about it. Somehow, I don't think the MO Dept of Justice has managed to develop caring, competent staff. More likely they continue to be corrupt, incompetent abusers of power.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 09-05-2009, 11:36 AM
 
Location: SW Missouri
6 posts, read 21,820 times
Reputation: 10
Missouri DOES have a great juvenile program and Rich Hill, Missouri offers one of the best facilities anywhere. The staff is incredible and the results are also incredible. I, personally, have been involved with a community liaison council that provides activities and gifts at Christmas time for the boys who are committed to the facility. Everyone of those boys are grateful and amazed that someone cares for and about them. Many of the boys who have been residents at that facility have gone on to be a success in their lives after being exposed to this program.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 09-09-2009, 08:27 PM
 
Location: Missouri
6,044 posts, read 24,089,952 times
Reputation: 5183
ABC is running a TV special about it right now. Very interesting so far.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 09-10-2009, 08:39 AM
 
Location: Huntington Beach, CA
5,888 posts, read 13,005,312 times
Reputation: 3974
Quote:
Originally Posted by gossi1 View Post
So Missouri is finally correcting some of their hillbilly, corrupt ways? Doubtful. When my son was 17, he went to Missouri to be near his dad(my ex husband). While there, he got in some minor trouble. While sitting in the Newton County jail(adult jail), he asked for medical care because something was "not right". This medical care was denied, turned out he had a raging kidney infection that got so bad he has permanent kidney damage. He was in jail for some little crap charge that didn't come to anything, but these hillbilly *******s deny him medical care for days while this trumped up charge got sorted out. The kid knows me too well; he didn't tell me anything about this until this year. He is now 28. Some heads would have rolled over this if I had known about it. Somehow, I don't think the MO Dept of Justice has managed to develop caring, competent staff. More likely they continue to be corrupt, incompetent abusers of power.
Could be worse. Your kid could have wound up in Pennsyltucky's Juvenile offender program:

Pa. judges accused of jailing kids for cash - Crime & courts- msnbc.com

It seems like small town cops and legal systems have in it for the kids they brand as trouble makers (they are usually just the non-conformists)
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 09-22-2009, 10:00 PM
 
Location: in a pond with the other human scum
2,361 posts, read 2,536,876 times
Reputation: 2803
Quote:
Originally Posted by gossi1 View Post
Somehow, I don't think the MO Dept of Justice has managed to develop caring, competent staff. More likely they continue to be corrupt, incompetent abusers of power.
With all respect, you'd be wrong. I'm sorry that your son had a terrible experience and it's a shame that it wasn't brought to light earlier so that something could be done about it. It also isn't typical. I wasn't born here and I cringe at some of the backwards-type things I see, but juvenile justice isn't one of them. Whether by design or good luck, about 10 or so years ago, a group of juvenile officers, judges, and lawyers started working on what I'd call a tough-love approach to turning these kids' lives around before they were lost for good to the adult criminal justice system. I moved to Missouri, in part, to work with them in creating the manual for juvenile officers (which might blow my cover to those few who know about its creation, but never mind). Good ideas DO come from Missouri. This is one of them-- the Missouri Plan for choosing judges is another (even if it needs tweaking, based on how the Missouri Bar behaved under former Governor Blunt).
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.

Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.


Reply
Please update this thread with any new information or opinions. This open thread is still read by thousands of people, so we encourage all additional points of view.

Quick Reply
Message:


Settings
X
Data:
Loading data...
Based on 2000-2020 data
Loading data...

123
Hide US histogram


Over $104,000 in prizes was already given out to active posters on our forum and additional giveaways are planned!

Go Back   City-Data Forum > U.S. Forums > Missouri
View detailed profiles of:

All times are GMT -6.

© 2005-2024, Advameg, Inc. · Please obey Forum Rules · Terms of Use and Privacy Policy · Bug Bounty

City-Data.com - Contact Us - Archive 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 - Top