What are the goals of training schools?
What will be an ideal response?
The answer should include the following points:
• The overall objective for most training schools is to provide a safe, secure, and humane environment.
• Parens patriae has encouraged administrators at training schools to claim rehabilitation as their official goal.
• The actual goal depends on the security level of the training school.
• States that have only one training school for boys and one for girls must enforce all security levels in the one facility.
• States with several training schools have the option of developing minimum-, medium-, and maximum-security institutions.
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