http://speakunited.org/blog/Sarah+McNeely/2008/05 xx http://speakunited.org/blog/sarah+mcneely/2008/05/children-go-jail-lack-options <p> I was particularly struck when I viewed my Boston Globe email alerts the other day and read an editorial called <a href="http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2008/05/12/children_go_to_jail_for_lack_of_options/" title="article">Children go to jail, for lack of options</a>.<br /> I know that this might seem strange, since we are saturated daily by media articles and sound bites of youth violence and crimes on the streets. Last year, in fact, 5,400 children in our state were sent to jail after being charge with a crime.</p> <p>But that’s not what surprised me. <span class='read-more'><a href="http://speakunited.org/blog/sarah+mcneely/2008/05/children-go-jail-lack-options">&nbsp;read&nbsp;more&nbsp;&raquo;</a></span></p> http://speakunited.org/blog/sarah+mcneely/2008/05/children-go-jail-lack-options#comments Increasing Opportunities for Youth Wed, 14 May 2008 23:46:06 -0400 Sarah McNeely 1039 at http://speakunited.org