http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/D6BAF67D62A66DFD86256F760007F27A?OpenDocument&Headline=Project+hopes+to+use+Mo.+juvenile+system+as+a+model++
Matthew Franck
"The Missouri approach rejects conventional thinking in juvenile justice that's locked up most of the nation's youth offenders in prisonlike correction centers. Instead, Missouri closed down its large centers in favor of community-based programs that emphasize reform over punishment.
The cottage approach is used for even the toughest youth offenders, many of whom reside at maximum security youth centers such as the Hogan Street Regional Youth Center in St. Louis. A small number of minors, however, are tried as adults and sentenced to adult prisons.
Steward plans to form a national institute, based in Missouri, to help other states mimic Missouri's system"
