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(12,712 posts)a problem when young people are fast-tracked into the system for innocuous behaviors and accidents. Children and teens are supposed to learn from their mistakes. They are not supposed to be subject to arrest and prosecution when it clearly isn't necessary.
Are the schools in Florida saying they are totally incompetent or is everyone merely complicit with the impetus of a for-profit prison system that is growing by leaps and bounds?
We have a host of issues to push back and face as the authoritarians and their minions continue to influence and degrade our justice system and economy, but this one is extremely important in the sense that it is creating ominous social problems for us down the road.
Plus, none of us, no matter how safe and secure we may feel or how we imagine that the system is working for us, is immune. Well, one exception is if we are wealthy enough to utilize private schools and also afford good legal counsel for our children if they do get into a legal hassle.