Tough Love Backfires

A father had his son jailed, thinking the resultant rehab would help him but he was then severely beaten when a guard left his post - other inmates jumped on his head from third teir bunks. He's left with permenant brain damage.

"Sonia Mercado, the McNamaras' attorney, argued in court papers that jailers never should have put the nonviolent low-risk offender in with violent gang members of another race. She also accused the deputy who was assigned to the area where the beating occurred of improperly "abandoning his post."

From the LA Times: (insert something that rhymes here) tough love

I have a feeling tough love backfires a lot. I don't think jail ever helped anyone. Think before you clink.