Our Children, Our Future?
Sunday, October 26th, 2008The worst thing you can have is power and lack of knowledge. — psychologist Habsi Kaba.
Last Friday, I was privileged to attend the (Juvenile) Behavioral Health Court Quarterly Meeting in my county. I was a little surprised to learn that I was the only private practice criminal defense lawyer to take advantage of this opportunity, but that’s a story for another blog article, another time. Believing this to be a better alternative for some of my juvenile clients than repeated episodes of pointless incarceration which merely exacerbates their conditions, I wanted to learn more about how the behavioral court worked.
One of the first, saddest, and most difficult things I learned of concerns the struggle the Behavioral Health Court has just to survive.
