Teens Arrested in Assault of Mentally Disabled Man

[NYC_SKP]

9. I've worked with incarcerated juveniles, full time, four years.

Nobody is more compassionate than me, some of my kids are still friends, and I changed careers about ten years ago.

These particular kids are habitual offenders, possibly living under worse conditions at home than they would have in a well operated facility.

The recidivism rate for kids who are ever locked up is above 90%, as is the estimated rate of learning/cognitive/emotional disorders, diagnosed and undiagnosed.

Unless and until the outside environment is drastically improved, they are better off locked up.

Fix the outside and we might not have to be so severe, but until then they need to be removed from society.

I'll add that the parents should probably investigated as well, they are more often than not part of the problem:

Duffy said investigators believe the victim was assaulted on more than one occasion. Authorities are still trying to determine how many incidents occurred and how many people were involved, she said.

"They're still trying to pinpoint the actual number of assaults and the number of people," she said.

Investigators believe the first attack happened sometime in July, with the most recent a couple of weeks ago. Duffy said the victim was treated for a non-life-threatening injury after one of the attacks, but she declined to provide details.

The relationship between the victim and the attackers was unknown. Duffy said the victim lived in the same apartment complex as one of the juveniles arrested Saturday.