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  • Gozani said juvenile probation affects a young person’s whole family. Gozani, who used to represent children on probation as a staff attorney with Bay Area Legal Aid’s Youth Justice Team, says she’s met parents who lost jobs trying to keep up with all the meetings and appointments they had to make sure their kids met.

    I absolutely believe this. It’s similar to the idea that being poor costs more money than being rich. I remember when I ran out of plates and was living on the edge of covering rent. I couldn’t save enough for dishware because I kept having to buy disposable plates. My brother once described being unable to pay an overdue electric bill because he kept having to buy candles for light. Desperate situations keep people desperate.

    Fortunately, neither of us is in such a bad place anymore, fwiw.