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<blockquote data-quote="200Meters" data-source="post: 750003" data-attributes="member: 23727"><p>I said</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>To our surprise, the probation officer chose door #2. Even though the day center is willing to have Youngest on a trial basis for 3 months, the probation officer thinks that Youngest is bamboozling everybody (but <em>she</em> can see through his sordid little game!) and should remain in custody and avail himself of the rehabilitative services that the good folks at the Israel Prison Service can offer. (Y'all realize that I'm editorializing a little, OK, more than a little, because I'm a little miffed, OK, I'm <em>more</em> than a <em>little</em> miffed.) The prosecutor enthusiastically backed up the probation officer's report. I know that Youngest is not an angel but he is hardly a demon either. The pd was great.</p><p></p><p>The judge asked Youngest directly about his tiff with his brother and asked him what he would do if he has a tiff with us. Youngest said he wouldn't. Her honor asked how he knew, i.e. what the difference was. It took Youngest a while but he eventually got around to saying that the difference was that as opposed to sitting around gathering dust and going stir crazy, he would be in therapy / treatment at the day center. He actually spoke well.</p><p></p><p>The judge ordered the probation officer to evaluate us (Mrs. 200Meters & moi) to see if we can be guardians for Youngest while he would be under house arrest with us and have an electronic ankle thinggie. I am not holding my breath. We don't like her and never have. I am trying to contact her but nothing she nor her office's secretary seem to be answering their phones.) Technically / physically, the apartment is wired & ready to go.</p><p></p><p>We are back in court on Wednesday August 7 at 12:00.</p><p></p><p>If Youngest ends up in prison (f<em>or a first-offense crime against property</em>), he will emerge a more hardened criminal delinquent than he already is. If the probation officer thinks he can undergo any meaningful rehab / treatment while in the slammer, she is deluding herself, badly. If you want a person to feel they have something to gain, then give them something to lose. Youngest knows that he is being offered chance to start setting his life in order. So he's not had his Saul-on-the-road=to-Damascus moment, bfd. That will come in time (hopefully). Why would the probation officer sabotage this chance for him?</p><p></p><p>...<em>Grumblegrumblegrumble</em>...</p><p></p><p>Life feels like <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t79nLKAvQCs" target="_blank"><u>this</u></a> right now.</p><p></p><p>Thanks for listening.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="200Meters, post: 750003, member: 23727"] I said To our surprise, the probation officer chose door #2. Even though the day center is willing to have Youngest on a trial basis for 3 months, the probation officer thinks that Youngest is bamboozling everybody (but [I]she[/I] can see through his sordid little game!) and should remain in custody and avail himself of the rehabilitative services that the good folks at the Israel Prison Service can offer. (Y'all realize that I'm editorializing a little, OK, more than a little, because I'm a little miffed, OK, I'm [I]more[/I] than a [I]little[/I] miffed.) The prosecutor enthusiastically backed up the probation officer's report. I know that Youngest is not an angel but he is hardly a demon either. The pd was great. The judge asked Youngest directly about his tiff with his brother and asked him what he would do if he has a tiff with us. Youngest said he wouldn't. Her honor asked how he knew, i.e. what the difference was. It took Youngest a while but he eventually got around to saying that the difference was that as opposed to sitting around gathering dust and going stir crazy, he would be in therapy / treatment at the day center. He actually spoke well. The judge ordered the probation officer to evaluate us (Mrs. 200Meters & moi) to see if we can be guardians for Youngest while he would be under house arrest with us and have an electronic ankle thinggie. I am not holding my breath. We don't like her and never have. I am trying to contact her but nothing she nor her office's secretary seem to be answering their phones.) Technically / physically, the apartment is wired & ready to go. We are back in court on Wednesday August 7 at 12:00. If Youngest ends up in prison (f[I]or a first-offense crime against property[/I]), he will emerge a more hardened criminal delinquent than he already is. If the probation officer thinks he can undergo any meaningful rehab / treatment while in the slammer, she is deluding herself, badly. If you want a person to feel they have something to gain, then give them something to lose. Youngest knows that he is being offered chance to start setting his life in order. So he's not had his Saul-on-the-road=to-Damascus moment, bfd. That will come in time (hopefully). Why would the probation officer sabotage this chance for him? ...[I]Grumblegrumblegrumble[/I]... Life feels like [URL='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t79nLKAvQCs'][U]this[/U][/URL] right now. Thanks for listening. [/QUOTE]
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