The program, known as Advance Peace, will launch in one precinct in each borough and pair fellows — young people deemed at risk for involvement in gun crime — with formerly incarcerated mentors. In cities that follow the model, fellows get paid a stipend of roughly $1,000 a month for staying in the program, as well as bonuses for meeting agreed-upon life goals like obtaining a driver’s license or GED. [More]
"Advance Peace" ... and I thought the Department of Pre-Crime was ridiculous.
Pair budding criminals up with experienced ones. And add money into the equations.
Boy, I wish I'd been paid not to rob and shoot people since adolescence. I could have retired in style by now.
UPDATE: And it's not just New York, although it looks like San Francisco's trying to do it on the cheap, which will pretty much guarantee they'll get their money's worth.
[Via Jess]
Mr. Orwell, paging Mr. Orwell!
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