Young Offenders Need Help -- Not Handcuffs
More than a few young people caught up in crime, when you get right down to it, suffer from a mental illness or are drug abusers. They may become hardened criminals some day, but they are more lost than anything else, and what they need more than handcuffs is help. Without that help, they may indeed become hardened criminals. A bill pending in the state Senate, reflecting that view, would encourage the earliest possible mental health and drug treatment for juvenile offenders -- within days,…
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- Issues
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Mental health
, Right-sizing jurisdiction
- States
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Illinois
- Action networks
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Mental Health / Juvenile Justice Action Network