Sentencing a teenager to take a dance class is cheaper than locking her up. And advocates for youth courts say mentoring teen offenders is also more likely to prevent them from breaking the law in the future. But as Gil Halsted reports corrections officials aren’t convinced that cheaper might be better…
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