>Outrage over court program that rewards juvenile offenders with gifts
Camden County officials are outraged over a court program that rewards juvenile offenders with gifts such as computers and iPods for completing their probation, according to the Courier-Post of Cherry Hill.
Freeholders issued a news release this week demanding the state courts end the program, which is offered only in Camden County. The statement described the program as a “disgraceful expenditure of taxpayers’ funds” that sends the wrong message.
The freeholders said many other children are working hard in school to get good grades or to find jobs to help their families and cannot afford iPods, notebook computers, and similar items. (Associated Press)
