> If you're gonna bother spending money then why
>don't ya just send 'em into a military academy? They'd probably turn
>out better and wind up serving the country too, dammit!
>
>-NeoRaven

The article quoted one guy saying that his kid had already been kicked out of military academy. Not that I'm condoning these people, but I can sympathize a little bit with a parent who feels that they really have tried everything else.

It's a tough call for me-- the physical, emotional and mental punishment of juvie vs. the physical, emotional and mental punishment of this place. I think what tips it in favor of normal jail for me is that 1) the kids aren't informed that they'll be sent to this place, they're just picked up in the middle of the night and shipped off without explanation, and 2) unlike juvenile hall there's no set term.

I'm also a little surprised (and disturbed) that it is apparently perfectly legal for a parent to sign over "custody rights" to a random stranger. I never knew that was possible.

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Dan Brandon