Could new therapy technique save maligned youth prisons?
By ROB MENTZER Associated Press April 26, 2021 12:01am Text size Copy shortlink:
MADISON, Wis. A new therapy technique at Wisconsin s Lincoln Hills youth prison holds the promise of making the facility safer for both staff and youth. But implementing it requires buy-in from an overworked, sometimes cynical prison staff and advocates for youth justice reform say it s not a substitute for the state s promise to close the facility for good.
Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, emphasizes communication and relationship-building between prison staff and youth inmates. State leaders say it means a culture change at the facility, and since la
Could new therapy technique save maligned youth prisons?
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