The Real Reason The Juvenile Hall From 'Girls Incarcerated' Was Shut Down

May 2024 · 1 minute read

While the overcrowding crisis in Indiana's correctional facilities (and the U.S. prison-industrial complex as a whole) has no immediate, easy fix, it seems like the girls of Girls Incarcerated might have more hope than most — that is, if they can turn their lives around and manage to stay out of the system both before and after they reach adulthood. And even though LaPorte might be a different facility in a different place, it still carries the same mission as Madison once did, serving as a diagnostic center for female youths and evaluating their offenders in an effort to rehabilitate those who pass through LaPorte's doors.

The approach is almost identical to that described by former Madison superintendent John Galipeau, who described Madison's mission for its students in Girls Incarcerated's pilot episode: "[Those incarcerated] get an education, mental health treatment, substance abuse treatment."

"When we compare our statistics, nationally, with performance-based standards, math scores, reading scores, family contact, Madison comes out on top," Galipeau concluded.

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