If a 15 year-old is destroying private property and violating the law, the chances are that he's been doing this for a while now, he's just never gotten caught. 27 years of working at Folsom Prison gives one a whole new sense of how criminals become criminals. And if you're already a criminal at 15, the likelihood is that you will remain a criminal. Whether your level of crimes escalate is entirely random. Sue Silver ----- Original Message ----- From: <rvkeller@iupui.edu> To: <INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 11:21 AM Subject: Re: [INPCRP] Vandalism rears its ugly head again > > > On Thu, 3 Jan 2002 Jb502000@aol.com wrote: > > > When you think you've heard and seen it all something like this > > happens. There should be no Plea bargain if these persons are caught, and Yes > > there are more than one, with one it's no fun. They should receive Jail time > > with full restitution for every cent of damage. If the crucifix can even be > > repaired. You could put up a new one, but you can't replace the 50 years it > > was there. It sounds like the judge may lean toward the tolerant side. I hope > > there is enough community pressure to prevent that. The only way to stop > > these repeated acts of vandalism is to severely punish those that should be > > caught and convicted. > > If we jailed everyone for every crime of vandalism, we would need to build > even more prisons than ever concieved. Plus, I believe much of this is > teenage vandalism. When a 15 year old does a year in jail, the stats show > he will end up being nothing when he grows up. Most do attend 'school' > while in detention, but never attend real 'school' once they are out. A > massive fine PLUS cost of repair nailed to THE PARENTS is what is needed. > > > > > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== > If you know of some good cemetery related links, send them to LoisMauk@usa.net. > >

On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, Sue Silver wrote: > 27 years of working at Folsom Prison gives one a whole new sense of how > criminals become criminals. And if you're already a criminal at 15, the > likelihood is that you will remain a criminal. Whether your level of crimes > escalate is entirely random. The Juv court judge came and spoke with our class. The return rate of the kids they deal with is only 15%. You are right that most have proboly done it already. Usually it all comes down to the parents. If Jimmy gets busted, the parents should take his car. I see more and more of this NOT happening.