The Federal Government has not done much better. Finally, while we can be proud in many ways of the corrections system we have developed, our current direction and almost unprecedented expenditures has not solved the problems and it's time to examine other alternatives. The same issue told us that putting young offenders in adult prisons leads to more crime, higher prison costs, and increased violence, not to mention placing them in very real danger from the adult prison population, citing studies by Jeffrey Fagan and Eisikovitz and Baizerman. Certainly there are some young people who will need to be kept away from society, but surely not all of them. Many such prevention and intervention programs already exist and several are worth mentioning.
Education programs come in many forms.
The program contains components of process curriculum, peer mediation, peaceable classroom, and peaceable school with programs often combining elements from these approaches. Such programs can exist in schools and in the community. The New Mexico Center for Dispute Resolution's Youth Corrections Mediation Programs starts within the facility and continues in community mediation centers in more than 600 communities. This provides skill development and assistance for both juveniles and their families. Most communities also have some form of parenting classes available because parents have a tremendous influence over their teenagers.