Well me no matter what a person is going through i don’t think that they should committ suicide. They might be going through hell @ that moment but they need to understand that the days will ge better just give it time.And for all of the mean correction officers they really need to stop being mean to those kids because they don’t deserve it …..........(just think) if the kid kill theirself because you were being cruel to them…......(just think) if that was your kid

That is why I think that mentor or more psychologist should be in our juvenile insututions because they can not take a lot of heat from the criminal justice system as “some” older people can.

Brittany611 you either A.) watch too many prison movies or B.) are yourself or are close to an ex-inmate.

I’ve never heard of an inmate killing themselves due to “mean correction officers”. It’s no secret that youths, especially troubled criminal youths, have a whole different way of thinking and outlook on things. They don’t think of the future too much, they see that their current situation (which they genreally put themselves in and blame somebody else for it.) looks bleak, and they make a decision to end things themselves. Most people who commit suicide have mental health issues to begin with, and once they decide they want to do it, you could give all the hugs and kisses you want, it’s not going to change things. So before you start pointing the finger at corrections officers, do some research.

It is my experience that, for the most part, we juvenile corrections officers offer more in the way of actual “care” than the majority of our kids get at home. They have access to mental health professionals, religious services, drug and alcohol therapy, not to mention programming options and just regular healthy food and hygiene. These minors have very little impulse control and often harbor very real fears of gang conflicts awaiting them on the “outs”. Then of course there are the myriad of other emotional trials that any teenager faces, girlfriends breaking up with them, family problems, etc. We line staff don’t want to see anyone kill themselves, but if one is determined and ill enough, they will find a way despite our efforts to help.