08-02-2024, 06:15 PM
(08-02-2024, 06:06 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: Yeah... those work SO well...
They have to know the damned things don't work; even politiciams aren't that stupid. And they must be aware of the possible pitfalls too.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/4792...are-lawyer
"The National Party is ignoring the weight of evidence against enforced military-style camps for young offenders, according to a lawyer who has represented survivors of some of New Zealand's worst cases of abuse in state care.
Amanda Hill said forcing kids into boot camps would not stop them reoffending and could lead to more situations where they were neglected or maltreated.
"It's been going on for decades, this idea that we just punish harder, and the crime will stop, which is misplaced - it doesn't."
Hill had presented evidence on behalf of many survivors of Whakapakari, a boot-camp style programme on Great Barrier Island where Child, Youth, and Family sent 'difficult' youths.
Many of these youths were abused by staff members or fellow residents."
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)