When a juvenile is transferred to adult court they are being treated and tried as an adult. Typically juveniles who are transferred to adult court are often given harsher sentences for their crimes. “Once incarcerated in adult facilities, juveniles typically receive fewer age-appropriate rehabilitative, medical, mental health and educational services, and are at greater risk of physical and sexual abuse and suicide (Bartollas & Miller, 2017, p.156)”. In an adult prison juveniles are easily manipulated which lead to more problems for the juveniles, like gang affiliation. In adult prisons juveniles are at a higher risk to be sexually and physically, abused. Some states have created facilities, which separates juveniles from adult prisons, while
