: About Me

Article: This morning I sat in a juvenile detention center with my twelve-year old client who was there after being arrested for selling crack cocaine in a nearby housing project. This slight young man was upset at facing the prospect of being away from his family for a while for evaluation and treatment. His mother, a one time drug addict, provided poor supervision and the child frequently found himself wandering around the grounds of a notoriously violent housing project. He sometimes slept on the floor of the laundry room in one of the buildings. He did not attend school. Now, despite h...