Juveniles Shouldn't Be In The Adulty System

defeating. These adolescents were being released back into society as hardened criminals. That is why the juvenile justice system was developed. So why then, nearly a century later, is the American Congress taking a step back and reuniting adults and juveniles in the same prison system. Shouldn’t we be learning from the mistakes of the past? Obviously that’s not what the Congress thinks because 15 states have now made it possible to allow prosecutors (not a judge) to decide whether children arrested for crimes ranging from rape, to shoplifting, to drug charges should be dealt with in the juvenile or criminal justice system. While 45 states have changed their laws making it

Crime is a problem. Crime involving adolescents is a problem. But incarcerating them with adult criminals is not the answer. Yes there are holes in the juvenile system and yes people are afraid of what is happening to them when it comes to the subject of crime. Society is saying it’ll be a safer world if they are all offenders were locked up paying adult time for adult crime. But it won’t be, because one day these juvenile offenders will be released, and they won’t be ready for the real world, because the world they are used is a world where they have to sleep with one eye open and learn to trust no one. They will not have received the necessary mental health, social and family care that is critical for rehabilitation. Locking these kids up is just teaching them that society doesn’t care what happens to them, just as long as we can feel safe. That’s not the attitude that this situation needs. Juveniles need to be put int

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