# @lakidsrights on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DRdFBgsE6Zb
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/37278188-lakidsrights-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-11-24T21:30:20.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Louisiana Center for Children's Rights (@LAKidsRights) — https://gondola.cc/LAKidsRights

## Caption

Are we okay? Because it’s hard to understand our state spending millions of our hard-earned money on youth “solutions” that continue to fail. The outcomes don’t improve. Our communities don’t get safer. Our children don’t come home any better off.⁠
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We are basically paying prisons six figures to rent a room and run the facility rather than rehabilitating the actual kids inside. ⁠
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Kids don’t learn better behavior by serving time in a negative environment or sitting alone in solitary confinement.. They need adults who show up, communities that invest in them, and systems that address the roots of the problem instead of punishing the reactions.⁠
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This is why our dollars are much better spent on the programs that truly keep us safe. Think about it..⁠
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A child who has what they need doesn’t have to steal it from you.  A child who sees value in their life won’t pay the price to take yours. A child who receives support isn’t forced to survive by any means necessary.⁠
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Yet instead of giving kids what they need to thrive, we try to incarcerate them into complying. But what happens when the security guards and prison bars are no longer there? Those same ill-equipped kids come back to your neighborhoods, even more traumatized, angry, and further behind.⁠
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Those are the harmful conditions that put everyone at risk of becoming the next victim we see on the news⁠.⁠
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When we provide what a child actually needs, we protect the entire community.. yours included.⁠
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As we enter this season of giving, we challenge you to give a second thought to what true safety really costs, especially how much we all lose when we don’t have it.⁠
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If you're not buying what the state is selling, go scroll to the link in our bio to take your dollar out of their hands and invest it in a community program that actually protects your people. Link in bio!!⁠
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PS - your dollar will double if you do it now before 12/2! ⁠
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#nokidsinprison #investmentopportunity #community #healing #givingtuesday #protectyourpeace #protectyourpaycheck #endmassincarceration #youthjustice #nola

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nola, givingtuesday, endmassincarceration, protectyourpeace, investmentopportunity, youthjustice, nokidsinprison, healing, protectyourpaycheck, community

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