Informative Essay On The Juvenile Justice System

I knew that something was coming, there had to be, things were getting bad again. I don’t mean just bad I mean rely bad. They were going back to the way they were in the days before the “protective laws”. The laws that the government put in place when I was little that instated mandatory curfews, school metal detectors, and lowered the age of being tried as an adult from 18 to 16 because there wasn’t enough room in the juvenile detention system to hold all the troublemakers.
All of these laws were necessary the crime rate among teens and even kids was going sky high. I don’t remember a time before the laws, but I heard about them from my parents, and in school. I grew up with them, and they were easy for me to follow because I am a good kid. I have never gotten into …show more content…
I don’t remember anything else that is said until I hear the President start to talk about children with disabilities. That also means me. I was born with a disability called albinism it doesn’t affect me much but I am visually impaired, and have no pigment in my skin or hair. I also get sunburned very easily. The president says that all children with disabilities will be brought to a separate place where they can get the help that they require. He goes on to explain allot of stuff about how the government is going to fund the project and I go into a kind of dream state. I start to think about the fact that next week I am going to have to leave my parents, and I won’t see them for more than five years. I am called out of my dream state when the video ends, and the lights are turned back on. Ms. Drake comes over and taps me on the shoulder and tells me that I have to go down to the office. She also asks if I want someone to walk with me because I guess I must look horrible. I shake my head no, and gather my belongings. I leave the room and walk the short distance to the administrative