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tions courts.”
It is disturbing to learn that 70 children were lodged in jail during the first nine months of 1952 in Arlington, and according to the , survey made by the National Probation and Parole Association of New York in 1®51, “In most places in Virginia, jail is the usual place where children are held pending a decision by the court.”
This survey further points out that, “The expense of institutional care greatly exceeds the cost of providing adequate probation service in the child’s community. Therefore, it is false economy to “skimp” on serivce at the local level. Detention must not be construed as child storage for the convenience of the court. It should hav4 a therapeutic value to the child at a crucial time in his development and it should serve the court with information to supplement the probation officer's social investigation.
The Department of Public Welfare and Institutions made a study of city and county jails and city jail farms for the period from July 1, 1949 to June 90, 1959. This study revealed that 198 children between 6 and 13 years of age had been detained in 46 jails and one jail farm during the period.
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