Troubled Teens

So, last night I got to do a few clinical hours at the Bannock County Jail. They have a program there called Short Stop. What happens is, parents bring their troubled teens that have been convicted of crimes to the jail and pretty much the inmates just scare the crap out of them. It was great, great fun! They had the teens come in and they told them stearnly to empty their pockets and take off their belts and if they had anything illegal in their pockets they would spend the night in jail tonight. Luckily, they all passed that test. Then they put them all up against the wall and they searched them and cuffed their hands and feet. Then, they marched them in front of the inmates that resided in the maximum security pod. The inmates yelled at them and said all kinds of cuss words at them and told them that jail sucked and they didn't want to be in there so to change their ways while they still could. I was hoping to see one of the kids start crying, but nobody did unfortunately. I think that it is a really good program for them. The officer said that 85% of the teens that go through this program never reoffend/enter the system again.