The wheels are a turning... I totally agree with you. If we implement a sytem of training/work for welfare benifits then everyone actully benifits from it in the long run and it will help instill values and good ethics back into people. Especially people who already come from poorer families.
You might enjoy this, it was the first girls’ reform school in North America and is still in operation today:
http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/pwwmh/ma43.htm
I read a local newspaper write-up and they made it clear the “offense” most of the girls were charged with having a child out of wedlock.