Should county keep juvenile detention center open?
Should Rock County close its juvenile detention center as a way to save money and help balance next year's budget? Rising costs and falling revenues, including much less state aid, have created a real mess as the county sorts out next year's budget.
One proposal would be to close the juvenile detention center or shutter one half of it. The idea has sparked spirited debate and even accusations that juvenile probation officers were told not to lock up high-risk juvenile offenders to reduce the numbers at the center and help make the case for closing it.
What do you think?
This is the topic of the Gazette's editorial Sunday.
Greg Peck
Aug 29, 2009 at 11:30 p.m.
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Bill53511: You definitely have Charmian Klyve pegged right.
Aug 29, 2009 at 12:07 p.m.
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Until Rock County gets a new head of Human Services that is more concerned with helping people than the bottom line, they might as well close it.
Aug 29, 2009 at 3:12 a.m.
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Closing the facility would be a mistake.
Aug 28, 2009 at 5:24 p.m.
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hannah: I don't write news stories, except for something like a feature on my recent vacation in Utah. I write editorials--the newspaper's opinion. I try to preview each upcoming Gazette editorial on this blog.
Newspapers try to keep news and editorial staff functions separate. That helps news reporters maintain objectivity so they can write fair and balanced stories and don't have to answer to their sources for what the newspaper might support or criticize in an editorial on a given topic.
I hope this helps readers better understand the differences between news articles (we've had several on the juvenile detention center) and editorials (the lone one so far is coming Sunday).
Greg Peck
Aug 28, 2009 at 3:57 p.m.
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This is what I was referring to.
www.gazettextra.com/news/2009/aug/04/roc...
Aug 28, 2009 at 3:54 p.m.
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I don't think they have done an "editorial" on it. It was just a storyline, I believe.
Aug 28, 2009 at 1:56 p.m.
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no - these are NOT the only 2 options - several have been suggested on other blogs but "they" wont listen - people HAVE to start thinking outside the box to get thru this "recession" we're in. If they do, in the end it will be even better than before this hit.
Aug 28, 2009 at 11:04 a.m.
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Same question worded as the online poll question - see results , they speak for themselves.
Aug 28, 2009 at 10:34 a.m.
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No, they shouldnt close it.
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