> As youth correctional centres across Atlantic Canada continue to see a dramatic decline in numbers, the provinces are left with expensive and largely empty buildings.
> At least one advocate says it's time to move away from the "super jail" model for youth in favour of smaller, scattered, secure spaces.

> But everyone agrees the empty space issue is a good problem.

> "It's fantastic news," said Karen MacDonald, director of community and correctional services with P.E.I.'s Department of Justice and Public Safety.

> MacDonald says they don't want to see young people in a custodial facility.

> "Everything we do is designed to keep people in their homes, in their communities and on a path that means they're going to be healthy, productive citizens."

> "Often when you send a young person to jail, they end up learning to be better criminals," said Megan Longley, executive director at Nova Scotia Legal Aid.

> Longley and others say removing youths from their homes, peer groups and schools is detrimental.

> "Remaining in the community and remaining in school is one of the most important things we can do for these young people," said Bossé.

> "If they don't get their education, man, they are up against a tough, tough world."

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