Tennessee officials say they need more high-security facilities for kids who commit crimes. Experts say this approach flies in the face of crime data and research that shows youth prisons are not rehabilitative.
Why help embattled kids become functional adults through empathetic, supportive social programs when you can instead lock them up and put them through the school-to-prison pipeline? /s
Why help embattled kids become functional adults through empathetic, supportive social programs when you can instead lock them up and put them through the school-to-prison pipeline? /s
Because we need slaves