“I’m a judge and I’m sickened by this. Please don’t paint us all with the same brush. I actually care about the youth who come before me.”
My experience, when my son ran afoul once, was pretty positive. I think one of the things I would like to see changed is to remove every temptation from the justice system by taking the collection of fines and fees away and turning it into the general fund. Ohio had to do that in several cases in which small towns existed only due to the police force and judge. (The town only had twelve residents not part of the government).
This wasn’t about fines and fees, it was about huge kickbacks for incarceration in privately run youth facilities.