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• Youth are dropping out of school
  
  
• There are few work opportunities for youth
  
  
• Many youth feel alienated from the majority culture
  
  
• It's easy to make money selling drugs
  
  
• The sentences are too light for youth offenders
  
  
• There are not enough community programs for youth
  
  
• Gangs provide employment and social structure for youth
  
  
• Once a person is in the criminal system it is difficult to get out
  
  
• There is not enough positive rehabilitation
  
  
• Drug treatment programs are not long enough and difficult to access
  
  
• Many youth lack housing when they get out of jail and re-enter street life very quickly

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