“Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind, always.” -Robin Williams. When referring to adolescence in a Juvenile Detention Center society has formed negative and judgmental stereotypes about these children; yes, that’s what they are, children. Society views these children as thug-like trouble makers who need to be taught a lesson. What society fails to realize is behind every juvenile, behind every jail cell door, there is a story. My purpose in life is to discover that story and rewrite it to be something beautiful. In order to understand what it takes to have an effective juvenile detention center, one must understand the basic components necessary to run a juvenile detention center. Once that is understood,
