5 Teen-Age Criminals to Be Sent to Desert
Five teen-age Danish criminals face a six-week survival course in the Sahara desert in a last-ditch effort to reform them.
“We have tried all the traditional methods without success,” Erik Juul, head of Odense’s social services, said last week. “We want to see how the group tackles tough problems in a place where they cannot possibly run away and ultimately to turn their destructive behavior into something constructive.”
Three social workers will accompany the five youths, all hardened offenders aged between 15 and 17.
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