Sun May 27, 2012, 03:34 PM

Judge sends honor student to jail for missing school

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/05/26/judge-sends-honor-student-to-jail-for-missing-school/

A Houston-area teenager has been jailed and fined for missing school by a judge who hopes to make an example of her. 17-year-old Diane Tran is working two jobs while taking advanced placement and dual credit courses at Willis High School in Willis, Texas. Some mornings, she is simply too exhausted to make it to school on time. Some days she misses classes altogether.

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Moral of the story: We must fill those for Profit Juvenile detention centers.

This girl should be given some compassion and help NOT treated like this.

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81 replies	Author	Time	Post
Judge sends honor student to jail for missing school (Original post)	lookingfortruth	May 2012	OP
Jail is not the answer, even if punishment or correction is needed	CreekDog	May 2012	#1
Parents need to be responsible	Rosa Luxemburg	May 2012	#10
It looks like both her parents are deadbeats	rocktivity	May 2012	#25
Agreed, the parents are the ones the authorities should look for	treestar	May 2012	#62
obviously, no correction or punishment is needed here at all.	cali	May 2012	#19
They would love me in Texas	exboyfil	May 2012	#2
OMG this girl's biggest problems is that she is too freaking responsible taking on everyone else's	dkf	May 2012	#3
wow. aside from being a cruel fucking asswipe piece of dogshit	cali	May 2012	#4
The school had to have turned her in for criminal action. How awful.	Honeycombe8	May 2012	#5
The school should have turned her parents in for abandonment	rocktivity	May 2012	#24
True enough! nt	Honeycombe8	May 2012	#53
WTF!!! For profit prisons are the symptom of a sick society.	Initech	May 2012	#6
this has absolutely zip to do with for profit prisons.	cali	May 2012	#30
The jails would be full in our school system	Rosa Luxemburg	May 2012	#7
they divorced and both moved away	cali	May 2012	#12
Terrible situation	Rosa Luxemburg	May 2012	#13
The parents BOTH moved away leaving two MINOR children behind?	rocktivity	May 2012	#23
ITA. There are many divorced people in this country.	LisaL	May 2012	#32
And there are plenty of divorced parents who support their minor children	rocktivity	May 2012	#58
They move away	txoctodem	May 2012	#42
If they made provisions, why is she working a full time job and a part time job?	LisaL	May 2012	#44
If you want to help, here's a site raising money for her	cali	May 2012	#8
looks like they've already raised $3K+ for her and her family	magical thyme	May 2012	#20
Done.	dkf	May 2012	#29
Just donated. Glad to see others who feel she's getting	SemperEadem	May 2012	#37
Up to $30,000 now!	Sabriel	May 2012	#71
One of those "there must be more to the story" headlines	bhikkhu	May 2012	#9
here's an idea: read the stories and listen to the newscasts	cali	May 2012	#14
Apparently, she's been late or missing often enough that a judge	hughee99	May 2012	#27
you apparently don't read carefully. That is in every fucking article on this	cali	May 2012	#31
In the article linked to, please link where it specifically mentions	hughee99	May 2012	#43
there's a shitload of articles with lots of detail, just a click away, dear.	cali	May 2012	#45
I don't need to, it's in the article linked to in the OP, right?	hughee99	May 2012	#49
The judge shouldn't have ALLOWED her to keep doing it on her own given her circumstances	rocktivity	May 2012	#34
Given that this would seem to be the logical thing to do,	hughee99	May 2012	#48
Explain what law saw that a 17 year old missing school gets jail time?	CreekDog	May 2012	#41
Truancy is the law,	hughee99	May 2012	#47
Truancy law in Texas apply to Anyone UNDER 16	lookingfortruth	May 2012	#52
That's not true.	Mariana	May 2012	#57
Is there a drop out procedure?	treestar	May 2012	#66
No, not really.	Mariana	May 2012	#70
Right there you show us there is something we don't know	treestar	May 2012	#60
the law has obligations for parents and for children and the judge couldn't have looked at the law	CreekDog	May 2012	#76
It could be all he had before him was the question of	treestar	May 2012	#77
How exactly does sending a 17 year-old to jail send the message that "she can't do this on her	Puregonzo1188	May 2012	#55
Perhaps up until now she's been telling her family	hughee99	May 2012	#75
I read (in another artcicle) that the "Judge"	COLGATE4	May 2012	#56
Yes, to a pre-determined conclusion	treestar	May 2012	#59
* Call the Judge * (contact information inside)	NYC_SKP	May 2012	#11
The judge doesn't understand his own law --it's like sending the child to jail for child abandonment	CreekDog	May 2012	#39
Does he have shares in the private prison industry	malaise	May 2012	#15
this is clearly not about that. She was sent to jail for 24 hours.	cali	May 2012	#17
Jail's not the answer, but she really needs to lighten her load. n/t	cynatnite	May 2012	#16
She's a junior in hs. she needs it lightened for her.	cali	May 2012	#18
exactly--she's a minor	SemperEadem	May 2012	#38
Giving up the full time job is the right answer	rocktivity	May 2012	#21
Giving up one or both jobs...	txoctodem	May 2012	#26
no, the judge didn't know shit. The reporter informed him of the back story.	cali	May 2012	#33
Exactly, the older brother is of age	treestar	May 2012	#65
jail for honors student	txoctodem	May 2012	#22
So the answer for a student who misses school is to send her to jail...	MrScorpio	May 2012	#28
I wonder if they've thought of emancipation for the brother that's at college?	Lars39	May 2012	#35
why would he need emancipation? He's a college student. He's over 18	cali	May 2012	#36
Because student loans are based on a studen't age...up to age 25, iirc.	Lars39	May 2012	#46
Yep and the parents have abandoned him as such, too	treestar	May 2012	#67
Apart from anything else...	LeftishBrit	May 2012	#40
One wonders what this fuckwad judge does for dessert....	PavePusher	May 2012	#50
Yes, the right kid to use for that would be	treestar	May 2012	#69
People don't be so upset...	MrYikes	May 2012	#51
Why is this poor woman in jail but Charles and David Koch aren't?	Initech	May 2012	#54
non-sequitur	cali	May 2012	#63
I know it is but what I'm getting at is the real criminals are allowed to walk free.	Initech	May 2012	#68
that's what I was thinking. WTH is the law in Texas that	treestar	May 2012	#61
She doesn't want to quit school.	LisaL	May 2012	#72
How to do that while working one and a half jobs	treestar	May 2012	#78
Her criminal deadbeat parents should be billed	rocktivity	May 2012	#81
Instead of making assumptions and regional bigotry insinuations...	PavePusher	May 2012	#74
Do you have to be that sensitive about "regional bigotry?"	treestar	May 2012	#79
Yes, I do.	PavePusher	May 2012	#80
Regional bigotry?	PavePusher	May 2012	#73
I never heard of that	JonLP24	May 2012	#64

Response to lookingfortruth (Original post)

Sun May 27, 2012, 03:41 PM

CreekDog (37,145 posts)

1. Jail is not the answer, even if punishment or correction is needed

come on. jail is to protect the rest of us --well, i don't need protection from her.

Judge sends honor student to jail for missing school

1. Jail is not the answer, even if punishment or correction is needed

10. Parents need to be responsible

25. It looks like both her parents are deadbeats

62. Agreed, the parents are the ones the authorities should look for

19. obviously, no correction or punishment is needed here at all.

2. They would love me in Texas

3. OMG this girl's biggest problems is that she is too freaking responsible taking on everyone else's

4. wow. aside from being a cruel fucking asswipe piece of dogshit

5. The school had to have turned her in for criminal action. How awful.

24. The school should have turned her parents in for abandonment

53. True enough! nt

6. WTF!!! For profit prisons are the symptom of a sick society.

30. this has absolutely zip to do with for profit prisons.

7. The jails would be full in our school system

12. they divorced and both moved away

13. Terrible situation

23. The parents BOTH moved away leaving two MINOR children behind?

32. ITA. There are many divorced people in this country.

58. And there are plenty of divorced parents who support their minor children

42. They move away

44. If they made provisions, why is she working a full time job and a part time job?

8. If you want to help, here's a site raising money for her

20. looks like they've already raised $3K+ for her and her family

29. Done.

37. Just donated. Glad to see others who feel she's getting

71. Up to $30,000 now!

9. One of those "there must be more to the story" headlines

14. here's an idea: read the stories and listen to the newscasts

27. Apparently, she's been late or missing often enough that a judge

31. you apparently don't read carefully. That is in every fucking article on this

43. In the article linked to, please link where it specifically mentions

45. there's a shitload of articles with lots of detail, just a click away, dear.

49. I don't need to, it's in the article linked to in the OP, right?

34. The judge shouldn't have ALLOWED her to keep doing it on her own given her circumstances

48. Given that this would seem to be the logical thing to do,

41. Explain what law saw that a 17 year old missing school gets jail time?

47. Truancy is the law,

52. Truancy law in Texas apply to Anyone UNDER 16

57. That's not true.

66. Is there a drop out procedure?

70. No, not really.

60. Right there you show us there is something we don't know

76. the law has obligations for parents and for children and the judge couldn't have looked at the law

77. It could be all he had before him was the question of

55. How exactly does sending a 17 year-old to jail send the message that "she can't do this on her

75. Perhaps up until now she's been telling her family

56. I read (in another artcicle) that the "Judge"

59. Yes, to a pre-determined conclusion

11. *** Call the Judge *** (contact information inside)

39. The judge doesn't understand his own law --it's like sending the child to jail for child abandonment

15. Does he have shares in the private prison industry

17. this is clearly not about that. She was sent to jail for 24 hours.

16. Jail's not the answer, but she really needs to lighten her load. n/t

18. She's a junior in hs. she needs it lightened for her.

38. exactly--she's a minor

21. Giving up the full time job is the right answer

26. Giving up one or both jobs...

33. no, the judge didn't know shit. The reporter informed him of the back story.

65. Exactly, the older brother is of age

22. jail for honors student

28. So the answer for a student who misses school is to send her to jail...

35. I wonder if they've thought of emancipation for the brother that's at college?

36. why would he need emancipation? He's a college student. He's over 18

46. Because student loans are based on a studen't age...up to age 25, iirc.

67. Yep and the parents have abandoned him as such, too

40. Apart from anything else...

50. One wonders what this fuckwad judge does for dessert....

69. Yes, the right kid to use for that would be

51. People don't be so upset...

54. Why is this poor woman in jail but Charles and David Koch aren't?

63. non-sequitur

68. I know it is but what I'm getting at is the real criminals are allowed to walk free.

61. that's what I was thinking. WTH is the law in Texas that

72. She doesn't want to quit school.

78. How to do that while working one and a half jobs

81. Her criminal deadbeat parents should be billed

74. Instead of making assumptions and regional bigotry insinuations...

79. Do you have to be that sensitive about "regional bigotry?"

80. Yes, I do.

11. * Call the Judge * (contact information inside)