friendships are lost. just one bad day in close quarters. inmates not only have to get used to their new environment, but also the prison routine. a typical day at valley state starts early, at 6:30 breakfast is cooked and served by the inmates under staff supervision. the majority of inmates spend their day in a variety of valley state s educational, vocational or rehabilitation programs where they can earn a high school diploma, learn a trade or cope with anger, addiction and abuse. when i first came to prison, i started fighting at anything. anything you said to me would make me, you know, react. if i felt threatened. most of the time i d end up in cuffs. i had several police tell me you re going to be here until the prison falls down. and through going to groups and therapy, i finally learned that that wasn t the way to do it. i need to learn how to use talking skills instead of my
it does kind of suck. michael is on the brink of his 18th birthday, and approaching adulthood is a dangerous place to be for a juvenile repeat offender. i would ask the court please allow this young man one more opportunity. he understands the next time he s in trouble he will be in the adult court. a person turns 18 there s not at least in the juvenile court system a lot of choices for us to make. because everyone s looking, oh, we have this little window of time to work with them. it s not long enough to effectuate a change. i just don t know at 18 if he sits here for three or four months, i don t know what that s going to do for him. rehabilitation programs can take a year or more to complete. so that option appears to be off the table for michael. when you re 17 3/4, there s not a lot of resources out there. and there s probably not a lot of people that want to take a chance on you for that short period of time. when you were arrested in february of 08 for burglary a
it s easier for them to point a finger at someone who s done something like this before. you can t blame them, because i did put myself in the situation, but it does kind of suck. michael is on the brink of his 18th birthday, and approaching adulthood is a dangerous place to be for a juvenile repeat offender. i would ask the court please allow this young man one more opportunity. he understands the next time he s in trouble he will be in the adult court. a person turns 18, there s not at least in the juvenile court system a lot of choices for to us make. because everyone s looking, oh, we have this little window of time to work with them. it s not long enough to effectuate a change. i just don t know at 18 if he sits here for three or four months, i don t know what that s going to do for him. rehabilitation programs can take a year or more to complete. so that option appears to be off the table for michael. when you re 17 3/4, there s not a lot of resources out there. a
it s apparently aimed at cutting violence and taking profits away from street dealers. uruguay reportedly plans to put the proceeds from sales into rehabilitation programs for drug users. if the plan goes ahead, uruguay s national government would be the first on the planet to directly sell marijuana to its citizens. the former massachusetts governor mitt romney says he will keep the promises president obama has not kept when it comes to immigration. but the obama campaign is warning latinos don t forget the promise governor romney made during the primary battle. plus, an epic shakeup is on the way it would appear in college football. will the bosses finally do what so many fans have been demanding for years? is it time to dance wildly on the grave of the bcs? say a little prayer as we approach the bottom of the hour and the top of the news.
michael is on the brink of his 18th birthday, and approaching adulthood is a dangerous place to be for a juvenile repeat offender. i would ask the court please allow this young man one more opportunity. he understands the next time he s in trouble he will be in the adult court. a person turns 18 there s not at least in the juvenile court system a lot of choices for us to make. because everyone s looking, oh, we have this little window of time to work with them. it s not long enough to ç effectuate a change. i just don t know at 18 if he sits here for three or four months, i don t know what that s going to do for him. rehabilitation programs can take a year or more to complete. so that option appears to be off the table for michael. when you re 17 3/4, there s not a lot of resources out there. and there s probably not a lot of people that want to take a chance on you for that short period of time.