Privately Run Juvenile Facilities

In the state of Alaska, there are privately run juvenile facilities. In the year 2000, there were 14 privately ran juvenile facilities. The number then increased in 2002, making the number of private juvenile facilities 16 and then a decrease occurred in 2004 making it 12 private juvenile facilities. There may be many reason for the fluctuation of juvenile facilities between 2000 and 2004. One possibility may be that the court systems are actually working and juveniles are thinking twice about becoming criminals and are choosing the right path. Another reason may be that judges may be letting off first time offenders with a warning and some other form of punishment rather than sending them to a juvenile facility. Thirdly, the increase from 2000-2002 may have been the court systems trying to show juvenile criminals that they will be punished. They could have been making an example of them.

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