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detention centre fun for teen economist suntribune justice ythwdaymarh92qaa j5 from page 1 his mother who turned him in to police after his first offence two years ago agrees i think if they would have put the fear of god in him when he first broke the law he wouldnt be stuck in the system now theres seems to be no compelling reason for john to go straight other than to end his mothers misery and that does nt appear to matter so why does he do it just bored i guess he says shrugging his shoulders he said you wont believe this mom we went snowtubing today mother of young offender whats another couple of days in a young offenders group home john spent his last stint at gordons house in orifiia when he called me from there he asked me if i was sitting down his mother says he said you wont believe this mom we went snowtubing today john smirks it was fun he says i get a little homesick when im away but its not like im rushing to get out of there and although the young offenders arent allowed to talk about their crimes they do everybody likes to talk about why they are in there john says his mother is disappointed i wanted him to come home and be afraid of ever going back there again she says soon after john was released he smashed up a family friends van when he took it for an afternoon joyride john was not arrested for auto theft because the friend who was having heart surgery at the time did not press charges john even went to the police to confess the crime but an officer told them they wouldnt lay charges solely oh the con fession of a young offender i couldnt believe that his mother says he admitted to it and they wouldnt even charge him york regional police sgt john sheldon says the young offenders act presents several challenges for police its true police arent likely to charge a youth based on his own admis sion of guilt he says without corroborating evidence its very difficult getting confessions into court sheldon says there are a lot of extra safeguards in the system for- young offenders police must have a reasonable prospect of conviction before laying a charge for johns mother the incident was another example of whafs wrong with the youth justice system you try to teach them right and wrong and they get anoth er message from the system she says they got the first taste of youth court when a judge refused to allow john to plead guilty to stealing a gas can from a neigh bour and lighting an outdoor fire the judge was appalled that i put my son up on these charges without getting him a lawyer she says but he did it so he plead guilty both mother and son were ordered to receive psychological assessments at the clarke institute in the end john was convicted of theft and mischief he received 15 months probation and was ordered to pay 100 in restitution for johns mother the probation- terms were serious important restrictions placed on her son by a judge but she says the authorities including johns probation offi cer andpolice didnt seem 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