• Re: Boot Camps: Failure Or Not?

    From BR@blah@blah.blah to nz.general on Sat Nov 8 07:02:05 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.general

    On Thu, 6 Nov 2025 23:05:42 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D Oliveiro
    <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

    Six out of nine of the surviving participants in NatActIrstAs Boot
    Camp pilot program went on to reoffend ><https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/final-verdict-on-govts-controversial-bootcamp-pilot-released/WFROAE3QHNEJHMJFPIKXFEYGHM/>.
    Yet this still counts as a success of sorts, because the level of
    their offending was reduced.

    It was still a pretty expensive program, though, at $100,000 per
    participant -- about as expensive as putting someone in jail for a
    year.

    100 grand per crim? If that's true, it represents some extortionate
    ticket clipping.

    Was it worth it? Should we do more of this?

    Not at that price.

    There are still some who feel that a dose of military-style discipline
    would do the youngsters good.

    I would suggest that for the most part, there is nothing wrong with
    these little crooks that a good sound thrashing won't cure.

    That wouldn't cost much.

    Bill.
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