"When I was growing, I didn't need the system..."
"...to take care of my problems"
"People don't know how to parents" - Judge Chivarelli.
Doesn't that tell you where the real problem lies? Jailing kids for minor offenses, for extended periods of time just turns them into criminals. Why not put your efforts where the problem really lies - parenting and the society that these children are growing up in nowadays. Children are always going to get into mischief, it's all part of growing up and development.
It's people like this guy who are the reason things like Columbine happen. They create such a separation between adolescence and adulthood that neither will respect each other. Our adolescence needs us to guide them, not judge them!