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drewnobars442 karma

That is honestly a hard question to answer. The majority of kids who came through my facility dont have a bad experience in detention. Their home life is what is trouble for them. In detention they get 3 meals a day, thier own bed, a hot shower every day and someone to pay attention to them. Kids have often told me they would rather be in "jail" than at home. The one thing that I think helped me succeed at my job is the kids often told me that I was one of the few adults who treated them friendly not just as a criminal. But the flipside is, I also have many kids who loved to brag about getting kicked out of school and wont take any mentorship no matter what.

drewnobars221 karma

My center is in the panhandle of Oklahoma, which is very rural, so now if a local kid is being locked up they will be sent 2 hours away to the nearest Detention center in woodward, ok and if beds aren't available there, they will be sent further down state..which puts them in larger, more dangerous centers, and makes it harder for low income families to visit.

drewnobars192 karma

I would say the success rate of kids continuing on successfully is sadly about 50/50. It also depends on the crimes...the kids who come in as "gangsters" usually tend to stay on the criminal path and end up in and out of prison... drugs are also a huge deal, many kids are on meth and usually end up in a rehab that they just bullshit their way through to get free.... in the recent years we have had an influx of school threats and those kids usually never get in trouble again.... the other 50% side is kids made a mistake and learn their lesson. If I had all the money and support I would give the kids some therapy, programs to give them some life skills to get a job because many kids either drop out of school or cant go back due to their crimes. And also counseling for the families would be great to, a lot of kids come from horrendous backgrounds.

drewnobars182 karma

I have had a ton of fun times working with the kids, we play board/card games, play basketball ball, if kids aren't too "hard" we talk shit to eachother, some kids cant take a joke. But fun times are always holidays and "special" days...... 4th of July I would let the kids stay up late and take them outside in the metal cage to let them see fireworks, always big meals on holidays, I'd hook up the snacks on super bowl Sunday. At the end of the day if the kids weren't being assholes it was a daycare with more rules.

drewnobars176 karma

I've seen lots of crazy gross things. Our center was co-ed, so I've seen every bodily function of both genders, sometimes kids would pee or deficate in their rooms... one stand out is a female who would intentionally shit herself multiple times a week if she didnt get her way. We would make the kids who intentionally soil themselves scrub their underwear and jumpsuits with bleach water. I've also witnessed suicide attempts and self harm.