The Pros And Cons Of Adult Prisons

Register to read the introduction… There is 34% more rearrests than those kept in the youth justice system. Adult prisons don’t help deter teens from committing crimes again. It provides less rehabilitation. It’s not the place for juveniles to grow maturely. These juveniles don’t have a strong mind to overcome the hardships in adult prisons. One of the methods adult prisons uses to keep juveniles safe from adults is to keep them in solitary confinement. They are not allowed to use the bathroom or shower. They are locked up for almost 22 hours or more in a small cell alone. It leads to juveniles becoming emotionally out of control. These kids are still developing and it causes a great deal of stress. “91% of children who are serving time in adult jails are serving time for crimes that are not murder,” according to the NCB news. It’s horrible and …show more content…
How does society expect to help these young individuals to become better for society when the adult prisons fail to take care of them? According to Campaign for Youth, it provides facts that 40% of jails did not provide education services at all and only 11% provided special education services. It shows that a lot of juveniles are not getting a proper education. Education is the key to help these young individuals to earn a second chance when they are released from jail. Most teenagers in an adult prison don’t know how to write or …show more content…
Most of these kids tried as adult suffered from constant emotional abuse and physical abuse in their home. These juveniles are raised in violence and extreme poverty. It leads them to join gangs since that’s the only way out for them. Sometimes these kids have parents that are drug addicts and they don’t someone to guide them on the right path or their parents are divorced. It causes not to have a stable environment for them. These kids suffer depression and hopelessness. States ignore these factors and just throw them in the adult