Juvenile Court School: Home to Broken Childhoods and Buried Gifts [JJIE.org]

Samantha Sangenito 4/12/1712:00 PM

Screaming and banging. Shouting and crying. Cussing and fighting. Gang signs and threats. Suicide watches and solitary. Broken hearts and smashed souls. Lost and betrayed childhoods.

The burden of these broken lives compel our commitment for reform. Many of the prescribed practices within a facility further the fractures that children bring to custody. Staff shouting, demeaning words, the absence of empathy and guidance delay and disallow the renewal and redemption that we seek for children. To attain restoration, there must be a culture that includes consistent compassion, guidance, respect and acknowledgement of adolescent neuroscience.

[For more of this story, written by Jane Guttman, go to http://jjie.org/2017/04/12/juv...ds-and-buried-gifts/]

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