The justice system isn’t the catch-all for every struggling kid. Desperate parents with means can turn to a whole network of private programs before their kids even get caught. The state of Utah houses a <a href="https://www.allkindsoftherapy.com/content/infographic-2015/2016_familychoicebehavioralinterventions.pdf" target="_blank">$400 million industry</a> for just such families. For an average cost of $513 a day, parents can send their kids to one popular option: wilderness therapy camps. These are programs that claim sending kids into the wild can cure all kinds of issues, including everything from drug use to screen addiction, anxiety, and defiance. For a young person named James, this type of intervention in his teenage years was life-changing.
Caught: The Lives of Juvenile Justice is supported, in part, by the Anne Levy Fund, Margaret Neubart Foundation, the John and Gwen Smart Family Foundation, and the <a href="http://economichardship.org/" target="_blank">Economic Hardship Reporting Project</a>.

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