With the clear uses of juxtaposition throughout the article McCarthy and Shiraldi are able to express a clear effect of the reforms of the correctional facilities. They use states, such as Texas, California, and New York to show the changes that have become evident following the reforms. The claims are supported by the fifty-three percent decline in youth incarceration and half of the arrests of minors in New York and events occurred similarly in Texas (McCarthy/Shiraldi p8). Evidence with such drastic changes is impossible to ignore. The comparison between before and after the reforms play a crucial role in convincing the audience of the truth behind the claims of the
