I was unaware that thousands of juvenile offenders are living with adults in detention and correctional facilities in the United States. In Pulaski County where I work all juveniles under the age of 18 are housed with other juveniles in our juvenile detention center. It is no surprise to find that juvenile offenders that are placed with adults are in danger of sexual abuse, physical assault and have a higher rate of committing suicide (Wood, n.d.). In the Eighth Amendment, the United States Supreme Court created a set of rules that prohibit certain punishments deemed as cruel and unusual punishment. In 2012 the court decision of Miller v. Alabama, held that any mandatory life-without-parole sentencing violated the Eighth Amendment when applied
