A report issued by the Annie E. Casey Foundation shows South Dakota juveniles are in serious trouble.

Reported by the Daily Republic: Over the last decade or so, the percentage of kids who are incarcerated in South Dakota has increased nearly 10%. Almost 600 kids per 100,000 (575 to be exact) are under lock and key. South Dakota is far ahead of the next higherst state, Wyoming, with 440 per 100,000.

So what’s the problem?

Shall we argue that South Dakota simply has the “best” laws, which holds kids properly accountable for their crimes? Or maybe our law enforcement is the “best”, and catches these lawbreaking kids?

I wouldn’t personally make those arguments.

Governors Mike Rounds and Dennis Daugaard have been at their post during what many are viewing as a serious moral decline of South Dakota’s youth. So should they take all the blame? Probably not. It might be fair, however to ask “what have you done to REVERSE this alarming trend?” It might also be fair to ask, “if you HAVE done something, why isn’t it working?”

America is in dire need of moral leadership. South Dakota youth obviously need help worse than any other state in the nation. Our youth are in trouble. Our leaders seem to be content with “business as usual”, as long as we can “lock-em-up”.

Has Mike Rounds distinguished himself in this area sufficiently that we now want him in the US Senate?

The Rounds – Daugaard record speaks for itself.

***Gordon Howie is a nationally syndicated author, host of Liberty Today TV and CEO of Life and Liberty Media***

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