“The Land of Steady Habits” is convulsed by financial crisis. Years of fiscal irresponsibility have created a bloated and wasteful government bureaucracy. A portion of the judiciary’s response to this challenge is to close juvenile court facilities which service troubled urban areas and relocate them miles away. This measure is misguided in that it ignores a glaring societal problem in our cities: the prevalence of violent crime among our young people.
Local juvenile courts provide a critical function in our urban areas in attempting to address the desperate needs of the youth of our cities. A casual observer of events in Connecticut cities, particularly Bridgeport, New Haven and Hartford, is well aware of the crescendo of violence that dominates events in those localities.
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