Wow! Your "proven facts" are false. Have you ever been inside McLaughlin ? Have you spoke with the staff and seen what these kids do all day? I did. I took a tour there with one of  my Social work classes a while back and I got to see and hear the staff and kids there. Closing a detention center yet make them accountable makes no sense anyway. How do you plan to do this? You want to send 14 and 15 year old kids to jail with 20 to 50 year old criminals? Yes that way they can learn how to commit real crime and become victims all at the same time!  Did you even read the story? What about API? You want the mental hospital closed as well? How is kicking a bunch more mentally ill patients out onto street going to help? Maybe it will be your car someone runs and jumps in front of. Or maybe when you are having a crisis there will be no place to help you.