[caddie]

I find the whole concept of associating prison for young criminals, with military training reserved for America's finest, repulsive.

It is a subtle way for leftists to show disrespect for our fine military personnel, traditions, and institutions.

Is anyone else offended by this?

I say, do away with parole, let them serve every second of their sentences, and make the sentences really fit the crime.

Don't smear armed forces recruit training, which is a really noble thing to do for your country, with reform school for t\rd delinquents.

Don't call prison "boot camp".

[gubamyster]

Time to look at the contracts awarded to build, staff & service the facility and campaign contributions to Davis.

[tm61]

clearly taxpayer dollars in kalifornia could be better spent on more important issues, like sex change operations for city employees in san fransisco, as approved by the city council last year.

[LibertyGirl77]

Just two of 10 graduates have gotten in any trouble since leaving the program, committing minor drug violations, he said.

That's ONE-FIFTH. In just how many months since graduation? This program is a failure.

[jjm2111]

It's california, what do you want?

[Billthedrill]

It'd much easier and cheaper just to give the kiddies a mil apiece not to commit crimes. I'd be happy to volunteer for the pilot program...

[Liberal Classic]

``Standardized tests show the average graduate improved by three grade levels in six months.''

So, they went from an 'F' to a 'C' at the cost of half a million dollars?

I think this proves no matter how much money the government spends on public schools, they will fail. If they spent half a million dollars on every school child in the nation, say several trillion dollars, they would still fail.