And they need treatment, not punishment. A little story of my own. My middle son has been inside. He's 30 now, but he was difficult from day 1. We were poor. I tried to hide it from him and his brothers, but kids are smart, and when the lights go out, it becomes pretty evident.

He's brilliant! I tried. He was a nightmare. What I didn't know until he was 11 and told me is that he'd be routinely molested by his great uncle on his father's side. I went to the cops. I sought counseling for him. The best I could afford on a coffee shop supervisor salary - free, from the government. He was discharged as "healed" in less than 8 weeks.

As time went on, he developed a problem with booze and anger (understandably). I eventually became a lawyer, as you know, but before that, he spend a few days in jail.

He spent a few more days inside when he was 19, and I was a lawyer then. There wasn't much I could do about that, but I was at least able to get him out on house arrest and get proper evaluation, counseling and rehab for him. And make no mistake, it was BECAUSE I was "one of them." It was because I called in favours based on professional courtesy.

He still struggles. He still finds it hard to stay away from the bottle, but he's stayed out of legal trouble for a decade and we're working on a pardon application for his old offences so more doors can open for him. He works hard and is a good boy that just was dealt a shit hand.

I literally had to become a lawyer to save him. Make no mistake, there are 2 systems, one for those who have the money and power and one for the rest of us. I've been in both and the only reason my son isn't serving 5-10 right now is because I was on the right side of it at the right time.