Harnik reports that especially effective park conservancy groups are operating in such cities as New York, Houston, San Francisco and Pittsburgh. As magical as they may seem for our cities and life, We're just starting to understand them. Yes, people make their own decisions, but when younger people continue to make more and more violent decisions, then it is well time to wonder what is driving such decisions. The possibilities are many and several probably interact to cause the problem not the least of which is the availability of weapons in the home. When I work with inmates, just like anyone else, I try to show them respect and treat them fairly.
Many inmates are actually very likeable and decent people.
Though there is a DOC web site where I could look up any inmate I want to see what they have been incarcerated for, I choose not to. I don't want to know what they did for concern that it might somehow change the way I deal with them. To the world you might be one person, but to one person, you might be the world.